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T26-075CRO City of Derry to London Public Service Obligation (PSO) Air Service

Derry City and Strabane District Council

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Northern Ireland

Key details

Contracting authority
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Public authority - sub-central government
Region
Derry
Delivery: UKN0A, United Kingdom
Contract value
£7,200,000ex VAT
£7,200,000 inc VAT
Deadline
30 October 2026
Enquiry deadline
16 October 2026(questions / clarifications)
Award decision
10 February 2027(estimated)
Published
28 August 2026

Procurement

Contract period
1 April 2027 - 1 April 2029
2 years
Possible extension to 1 April 2031 · 4 years in total
Extension terms: The Contract shall be effective from the date of award of Contract for an initial period of 2 years, with a view to extending for a further 24 months with the successful Operator. The Council reserves the right to extend/renew the Contract up to a further 2 years, after the initial 2 year period. Any extension may be subject to further approval by DfT, Department for Economy (DfE) and Council Committee, availability of funding and satisfactory performance of the Operator. The route will be 100% funded by the DfT and the DfE subject to a review of performance after 24 months. It should be noted that any recommendation made by Council will be subject to DfT and DfE value for money assessment and approval.
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 60400000 Air transport services

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Description

This ITT has been issued by Derry City and Strabane District Council (the Council) for the Provision of a Public Service Obligation air route from City of Derry Airport (CODA) to a London airport. This can be any of the following 6 London Airports, listed in alphabetical order: London Gatwick, London Heathrow, London City, London Luton, London Southend and London Stansted. A London airport has been defined by the Department for Transport (DfT) as any airport that can access transport zone 1 of London within 60 minutes by rail.

Tenderers are strongly encouraged to give more than one option of London airport with separate cost estimates for each airport. This will enable consideration of the value-added elements provided through hub access. It should be noted that slots must be available to operate the schedule at the chosen London airport and must be acquired by the airline through the regular slot allocation process.

Slots will not be made available by Government through ring-fencing. Your submission must be submitted via etendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted.

Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

How to engage

Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail

Contact

Address
98 Strand Road, Derry, BT48 7NN

Identifiers

Buyer reference
T26-075CRO City of Derry to London Public Service Obligation (PSO) Air Service
Notice ID
082048-2026
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ac48

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