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Proximity air support service (under PSOA)
Artimos oro paramos paslauga (pagal VPAGSSĮ) — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 6 November at 10:00 — 5 days left. Two-stage procedure: by this deadline you submit a request to participate (proof of eligibility). Only shortlisted firms are then invited to submit a tender.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
- Offer and evidence in: Lithuanian, English.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
The summary in English is being prepared. The official description below is in the original language (LT).
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Perkama artimos oro paramos paslauga.
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Type of service
Tender documents at a glance
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Public procurement conditions for Close Air Support training services
The input text contains procurement conditions and forms related to a Lithuanian defence and security public procurement for Close Air Support (CAS) training services for JTAC/air support control specialists.
It is clearly written from the point of view of Lithuanian contracting authorities (Lietuvos kariuomenė, Gynybos resursų agentūra) and repeatedly refers to Lithuanian legislation (VPAGSSĮ, GĮ, VPĮ) and Lithuanian registers and authorities.
No other countries’ procurement frameworks are described, though foreign bidders and foreign documents are mentioned in terms of how they must be legalized or certified.
The text focuses mainly on what the bidder must submit and minimum qualification/exclusion requirements.
Such as: bidders must file an application form (“PARAIŠKA DĖL ARTIMOS ORO PARAMOS PASLAUGOS VIEŠOJO PIRKIMO”), fill in annexes like “Informacija apie tiekėją” (Annex 6) for each supplier/subsupplier/subcontractor/other economic operator, provide company establishment documents or identity documents (for legal/natural persons), lists of ultimate owners and operating countries, and detailed information on the offered services.
They must also provide proof that none of the mandatory and optional exclusion grounds in VPAGSSĮ 34 apply (no relevant criminal convictions, not insolvent, no serious professional misconduct, compliant with taxes and social security, no misleading information, not listed as unreliable, etc.), either via Lithuanian registers (when established in Lithuania) or competent foreign authorities’ certificates (legalized/Apostille where required) or sworn/official declarations if such certificates do not exist.
Minimum qualification requirements are described in detail.
Such as: the bidder must have, in the last 5 years (or since registration if shorter), properly provided artimos oro paramos kontrolės specialistų mokymo paslaugas / CAS flights for JTAC/JPUVS or similar specialists with a cumulative contract value of at least 300,000 EUR (excluding VAT).
This must be proven by a filled Annex 4 list of contracts (client, subject, contract number/date, period, value, contacts) and client testimonials signed physically or with qualified e-signature; the contracting authority may contact these clients.
The bidder must also propose at least one pilot (specialist) with: valid NVG/NVIS qualification and right to fly with night vision devices; CAS training and qualification according to NATO ATP-3.3.2.1 and US JP 3-09.3; and at least 300 flight hours on combat aircraft, evidenced by certificates, flight logs, or similar documents.
Additional requirements mention BASIC JTAC Training NATO or equivalent, and, if the pilot is not an employee, a signed consent, activity license (individual activity/verslo liudijimas) or equivalent proof of business registration.
For groups of economic operators, qualifications are combined according to their respective obligations; reliance on other entities’ capacities is allowed only if those entities themselves perform the relevant part of the contract, and subcontractor specialists must also meet the qualification if they perform qualified tasks.
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National security requirements are a separate important requested topic.
Such as: bidders must submit a “NACIONALINIO SAUGUMO REIKALAVIMŲ ATITIKTIES DEKLARACIJA” confirming that the supplier, its subcontractors, relied-on entities, manufacturers and controlling persons are not registered in, or citizens/residents of, states/territories listed in VPĮ 92(14), and that goods/services/components are not manufactured there.
They must also provide, upon request, extensive ownership and activity information via Annex 6 (ultimate owners, controlled companies, countries of operation, cooperation partners).
The contracting authority will assess whether the supplier poses a national security risk and, if necessary, seek information from competent institutions.
The supplier must promptly inform the authority of any changes in submitted data during the procedure.
These elements are presumably contained in other parts of the procurement documentation not included here.
Only the contracting authority's tender documents are binding. As of: 29/10/2026
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in Lithuanian, English.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
Tender documents — direct download
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 152 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 28 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 34 (median of 481 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Lithuania, 769 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 26,809 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Romania.
Submission language: Lithuanian, English.
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