Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
Head Office, Inverness Airport
Inverness
IV2 7JB
UK
Contact person: Daniella Peel
Telephone: +44 1667462445
E-mail: Procurement@hial.co.uk
Fax: +44 1667464300
NUTS: UKM6
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.hial.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA13542
I.6) Main activity
Airport-related activities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Security Quality Assurance Testing and Training
Reference number: HIA-1889
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80610000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) requires a Department for Transport (DfT) approved Service Provider to deliver security quality assurance testing and simulated X-ray training across our airports. All services must comply with EC300/2008 and relevant UK Civil Aviation Purchaser (CAA) standards.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
266 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
73431000
80600000
80610000
63731000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Highlands and Islands, and Dundee
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
HIAL requires a qualified and DfT approved Service Provider to deliver security quality assurance testing and simulated X-ray training across eight airports in the Highlands and Islands region, and Dundee Airport. All services must comply with EC300/2008 and relevant UK Civil Aviation Purchaser (CAA) standards.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
The reason for a non-competitive award due to technical reasons is that confirmation was received in December 2024 from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) at the Airports UK Security Meeting, that there is only one DfT approved supplier in the UK that provides a combined QA testing and training package – Redline Assured Security. The HIAL Procurement Team investigated and were able to confirm that Redline Assured Security are the only local supplier that could be found via online searches who provide quality assurance testing services and are also named on the CAA list of approved training providers.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-060248
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12/09/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Redline Assured Security
The National Security Training Centre, First Avenue, Robin Hood Airport
Doncaster
DN9 3RH
UK
Telephone: +44 1302288360
E-mail: smcmenemy@trustredline.co.uk
NUTS: UKE31
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 266 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:814737)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Inverness Justice Centre
Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
UK
Telephone: +44 1463230782
E-mail: inverness@scotcourts.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/courts-and-tribunals/courts-tribunals-and-office-locations/find-us/inverness-justice-centre/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/12/2025