Poland, Spain – Aircraft operating services – Frontex Surveillance Aircraft Services with long range maritime surveillance fixed wing aircraft

Frontex is looking for EU Contractors to provide a fully-fledged service with manned fixed wing aircraft for aerial surveillance over sea which includes: a. aircraft; b. sufficient number of crew members (pilot, sensor operator, technician, etc.) in order to be able to deliver minimum 2 flight missions per day without any limitation; c. sufficient number of Liaison officer(s) in the assigned Operation Coordination Centre (Host MS ICC or Frontex HQ) during the entire deployment period, who will be working on the tasks related to the flight from 60 minutes before the moment of a take-off to 60 minutes following the landing; d. maintenance capability; e. data transmission capability via BRLOS (including near real time video streaming of the EO/IR) to the Operation Coordination Centre; f. logistical infrastructure and ground support (e.g. hangar, parking place of the aircraft, fuel, etc.); g. administrative responsibility (management of any permissions related to registration, certification, transportation, deployment, authorizations, insurances, permissions to fly, etc.) to deliver aerial surveillance over the external maritime border of the Host Country; h. the Contractor shall provide the collected data directly from the Asset to the designated Frontex Coordination Centre via BRLOS with a minimum uplink speed of 512 kbps. The Service which the Contractor shall provide under this FWC is based on mission flights where the Asset, following Frontex instructions, surveys the Area of Interest, included in the Service Deployment Area, searching for ‘objects of interest’ mandated by Frontex Regulation, and passing surveillance data and information to the Operational Coordination Centre designated by Frontex. Aircraft shall be able: - to reach the Area of Interest (surveillance area) located at a distance of more than 401NM from the Base Airport and; - deliver minimum 2.5 hours mission flight in the Area of Interest with the average speed as of approximately 150 knots, betwee