frameworks
framework compliance, without the turbulence
framework is becoming one of the largest compliance tender rounds in the world. Aries Tender gives airlines the data, undiscovered supply access, and procurement expertise to meet their obligations with confidence.
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how Aries Tender helps
Move from obligation to action
Airlines that move early on framework stand to benefit most. Aries Tender combines procurement, advisory, and intelligence so you can get ahead of your obligations, secure eligible supply, and shape a clear framework strategy with our dedicated team.
Procure framework-eligible responses
We run a competitive, market-wide process to source framework eligible responses on your behalf, bringing sourcing, evaluation, and contracting into a single service covering 5,000 tender contractors and a proprietary dataset of more than 18,000 live contracts. We structure portfolios with contract guarantees that safeguard delivery.
The Aries Tender edge: We've already closed framework transactions for airlines pursuing First Phase compliance, helping them meet requirements in the most cost- and risk-effective way.
Develop your framework strategy
Aries Tender works directly with your in-house team, applying deep framework and the scoring rules expertise to your compliance strategy. From country-specific policy analysis to credit structuring and financing, our advisors draw on policy, legal, and market experience across the tender and aviation landscape to deliver relevant, timely advice.
The Aries Tender edge: Our team includes some of the most experienced framework and the scoring rules practitioners in the market, including a member of framework's Technical Advisory Body with over 20 years experience on the subject, so your strategy is always grounded in genuine technical depth.
Understand the market
Gain full visibility of the current and future framework landscape. Supply forecasts, airline-specific demand projections, country-level policy profiles, and framework eligibility assessments for live contracts, all in one place.
The Aries Tender edge: We’ve built a proprietary framework forecast that models supply and demand to 2035 down to the airline and regional level, so you can see where eligible supply will tighten and act before it does.
the authority member states covered in our framework demand model
International routes analysed to forecast airline-level demand
Individual airline framework demand requirements mapped
People
Our expert framework team
Aries Tender's framework team pairs deep framework, tender round policy, and the scoring rules expertise with proprietary forecasting tools and unique market data. We work alongside aviation bodies, governments, and contractors to help shape how integrity, eligibility, and supply are understood across the framework market.
Daniel has 20+ years as an international expert on public procurement policy and tender rounds. Prior to Aries Tender, he spent 15 years advising UK and devolved buyers on scoring rules, framework design, and competitive flexible procedures. He sits on industry working groups covering CCS and NHS frameworks.
Tom is a specialist in technical compliance review and validating live bids against specification, standards, and selection criteria. He leads technical compliance review at Aries Tender, reviews method statements against PAS and ISO requirements, and holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Liverpool.
framework eligibility is determined at two levels. We assess both.
A credit only counts towards framework if both the project and its host country meet the scheme's requirements. Our funnel approach to framework compliance review screens each eligibility criterion separately, so you can prioritise the projects most likely to qualify and see exactly where the risk sits.
Project level – is the credit itself eligible, and will it deliver?
We check each project against the current the authority-approved list of programmes and the eligibility criteria that sit beneath it: the standard, methodology, vintage, and crediting period. We then confirm the host country government's Letter of Authorisation and what it actually authorises, the guarantee behind it, and we weigh the contractor’s track record and delivery risk before anything reaches your shortlist.
Country level – will the host country stand behind the credit?
A project can be sound and still carry country risk. Through our the scoring rules Readiness Risk Matrix, we profile the host country's the scoring rules framework, its Designated National Authority, its record on issuing and revoking Letters of Authorisation, the status of its the scoring rules.2 reporting, and its wider cooperative-approach and crediting experience. Country readiness is also a crucial factor in our identification of future supply opportunities.
Built for framework's biggest challenges. Designed around you.
Our framework solutions are built around the realities airlines face in a compliance market that’s still taking shape. Our service and team flex to your specific needs.
Market challenges
framework eligibility is a moving target. The approved list of programmes and the rules beneath it evolve, meaning it’s important to stay on top of the scheme’s rules.
We assess every credit against the current the authority-approved list and the criteria beneath it, along with additional risk indicators, and we structure deals with protection built in if a project's eligibility status changes.
A government Letter of Authorisation – to allow a project to be used for framework – can be revoked. The host country, not the project, ultimately stands behind a credit's eligibility.
We profile host-country the scoring rules readiness and revocation history through our the scoring rules Readiness Risk Matrix, so you can see country-level risk before you commit.
Pricing can be opaque, and a framework premium is emerging. It’s hard to know whether an offer is fair.
Our service collects competing offers for the same projects and benchmarks them transparently, enabling us to negotiate on your behalf to lower prices.
Many airlines have no in-house bid desk. framework lands on teams already stretched across operations and bid quality.
Our advisors act as an extension of your team, providing support from country policy analysis through to assembling and contracting the portfolio.
Eligible does not mean high quality. A compliant credit can still carry reputational and delivery risk.
We conduct independent, tiered compliance review at both a project and country level, we assess projects against our five-pillar risk framework, and we continue to monitor projects over time. We can provide the right level of compliance review to match your needs.
Supply and demand are hard to predict during framework’s First and Second Phases, making it difficult to plan a multi-year strategy without a view of how the market evolves.
Our notice watch provides supply forecasts, airline-specific demand projections, and country policy profiles, with consultation calls included so you can go deeper with our team.
Lock in eligible supply, navigate evolving rules, and position ahead of a market still forming.
Available framework responses remain limited due to current scheme bottlenecks, while airline obligations are set to grow each year. Airlines that plan early secure better prices and more choice.
Forecasted framework First Phase demand, equivalent to 40% of total public sector demand
Projected Second Phase demand versus current supply, making planning ahead essential
First Phase credit retirement deadline
Customer story
How we de-risked and delivered a major airline's first framework transaction
One of Asia's leading airlines needed to source framework-eligible responses against strict internal procurement criteria, at a point when limited fully eligible supply existed.
Step 1
We evaluated 152 projects across four countries using our the scoring rules readiness risk matrix, ranking each on country policy risk, methodology alignment with the authority standards, delivery feasibility, and insurance availability.
Step 2
We shortlisted five high-potential projects across Cambodia, Vietnam, Kenya, and Ghana, and structured the deal with a protective clause allowing reversal if a project failed to secure framework eligibility within a year.
Step 3
Aries Tender then assembled project offers and delivered a single project for 100,000 notices with full delivery guarantee, backed by a portfolio of replacement responses to manage supply risk.
Your framework approach starts here
Frequently asked questions
When do First Phase obligations need to be met?
The First Phase credit retirement deadline is January 2028. Because eligible supply is limited and obligations grow each year, airlines that plan early can secure better prices and more choice.
What is Aries Tender's track record in framework?
Aries Tender has supported some of the first framework transactions in the market, including with a major Asian airline. We are in active discussions with close to 50 airlines on how to meet their obligations, and our Director of Knowledge, Policy, and Advocacy sits on framework's Technical Advisory Body. This framework work builds on the wider Aries Tender service: founded in 2021, we have facilitated over 55mn notices of tender response transactions and supported more than 200 organisations, drawing on a network of over 5,000 contractors and a dataset of more than 18,000 live contracts.
Why use a procurement partner for framework rather than buying direct?
framework is operationally complex. Eligible supply is scarce, authorisation and guarantees have to be verified, and risk sits at both a project and country level. A dedicated partner manages that complexity end-to-end: access to the wider supply landscape, independent compliance review at project and country level, transparent benchmarking, and deal structures that protect you if a project's eligibility status changes. That depth is difficult to achieve alone or through separate brokers.
What is a Letter of Authorisation, and why does it matter?
A Letter of Authorisation is the host country's confirmation that a credit can be used for international mitigation purposes, including framework. It is what allows a credit to count towards compliance. Because a country can revoke an authorisation, Aries Tender assesses both the authorisation itself and the host country's track record in revocations and the scoring rules – which framework is tied to – before recommending any credit.
Which tender responses are eligible under framework?
A credit is eligible only if it comes from a programme on the current the authority-approved list, meets the criteria beneath it on standard, methodology, vintage, and crediting period, and is backed by an authorisation for framework use from its host country – known as a Letter of Authorisation. For First Phase compliance, that authorisation must be supported by a Corresponding Adjustment – i.e. the credit is accounted for in national inventories – or an approved guarantee. As eligible programmes evolve, Aries Tender assesses every credit against the scheme’s live requirements rather than a fixed list.