Bristow to continue delivering UK SAR helicopter service for HM Coastguard under extended contract
September 29 2020 - 4:35PM
Bristow Helicopters Limited has been awarded a contract extension
to continue delivering UK search and rescue (SAR) helicopter
service for HM Coastguard, the emergency response service of the
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
Bristow will continue its role as a key enabler in the search
and rescue community under an extended contract confirmed by the
MCA. The UK’s current commercial contract for search and rescue
helicopter service provision to HM Coastguard was awarded to
Bristow in March 2013. The extended contract will run through 31
December 2026 and will facilitate the procurement process for the
next contract, known as the UKSAR2G programme.
“Our specialist teams have worked tirelessly, diligently and
with unquestionable pride to ensure the transition from a military
and coastguard operation to a fully commercialised SAR helicopter
service,” said Alan Corbett, chief executive of Bristow Helicopters
Limited and Senior Vice President for Europe, Africa, Middle East,
Asia and Search and Rescue.
“We have, throughout the years since, committed ourselves to
delivering a service that is equal to or better than that which it
replaced. The post-implementation report commissioned by the MCA,
prepared by QinetiQ, confirms the success of that process, and the
achievement of many of the goals identified as key measures of
success,” he said.
“Bristow remains fully committed to working with the MCA to
realise its remaining goals. The extension of the current contract
allows us to cost-effectively introduce new capabilities into the
existing helicopter fleet and to explore technologies which may be
of benefit in future contracts.”
Employing approximately 360 people, Bristow operates from 10
strategically located SAR helicopter bases around the UK on behalf
of Her Majesty’s Coastguard to respond to all SAR incidents for the
whole of the UK.
About HM Coastguard
HM Coastguard is a frontline delivery and emergency response
organisation which is part of the Maritime and Coastguard
Agency.
HM Coastguard provides a UK-wide maritime emergency prevention
and response capability which responds to calls for help by radio,
satellite or the 999 service and coordinates maritime search and
rescue (SAR) within the UK SAR region. The agency helps
approximately 25,000 people each year with 21,000 incidents
coordinated by its rescue centres.
For further information please contact:Maritime and Coastguard
Agency Press OfficePublic.relations@mcga.gov.uk0203 8172222
About Bristow Helicopters
Limited
Bristow Helicopters Limited is the provider of helicopter search
and rescue (SAR) services in the UK, on behalf of Her Majesty's
Coastguard. Bristow Helicopters has a long history of providing
world class SAR services, beginning in 1971 at RAF Manston, and has
flown more than 60,000 SAR operational hours in the UK and
conducted over 15,000 SAR missions, during which more than 7,000
people have been rescued by Bristow crews and helicopters. For more
information on Bristow’s SAR operations, please visit
www.bristowgroup.com.
Bristow Helicopters Limited has served the offshore oil
transport industry in the UK for nearly 60 years. Bristow
Helicopters Limited is an affiliated company of Bristow Group
Inc.
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