T26-075CRO City of Derry to London Public Service Obligation (PSO) Air Service
Derry City and Strabane District CouncilEstimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
30 October 2026
20 days remaining
Published
28 August 2026
Type
Not specified
Overview
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.
Additional details
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.
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Derry City and Strabane District Council is tendering a Public Service Obligation (PSO) air route from City of Derry Airport to one of six designated London airports, and is asking airlines to submit proposals with cost estimates for each airport option.
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Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
D.F.P.F. Ltd
5 contracts wonlatest 3 Jun 2026ends 31 Dec 2026 - 2
K S Electrics (NI) Ltd
3 contracts wonlatest 24 Aug 2026ends 31 Jan 2027£1
total awarded
- 3
DMAC Consulting Engineers Ltd
3 contracts wonlatest 29 Jul 2026ends 4 Dec 2026 - 4
Eakin Brothers Ltd
3 contracts wonlatest 9 Feb 2026ends 17 Aug 2026 - 5
Yord s.r.o.
2 contracts wonlatest 23 Jun 2026ends 31 Oct 2031£577,208
total awarded
D.F.P.F. Ltd is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Derry City and Strabane District CouncilKey Dates
Published
28 August 2026
Submission deadline
30 October 2026
Notice type
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