Business Rail Bookings

Official notice

Authority: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

CPV: Travel management services (63516000)

Published contract value£74,000,000Exc. VAT

Contract ends 6 Jan 2027

Awarded to Capita Travel and Events

Contract starts 7 Jan 2020

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A full booking service provision for rail travel, to be used by the BBC and commercial subsidiaries. Includes an online booking system for the use of BBC staff, freelancers and guests, and provision of a call centre to take offline bookings and handle queries, plus ticket printing facilities in key BBC sites.

The final evaluation was conducted on a price per quality point basis.

This award notice relates to lot 1 only.

Published procurement details

Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
Buyer reference: tender_167737/848820
Category: Services
Tender status: Complete
Award status: Active
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises: No
Tender deadline: 14 Jun 2018, 23:59 BST
Published: 16 May 2018, 09:40 BST
Procurement method: Selective
Item 1: Delivery locations as published: British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom

Key dates

Published dates

Notice published
16 May 2018
Award decision
7 Jan 2020
Contract starts
7 Jan 2020
Contract ends
6 Jan 2027

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Contracting authority BC0 B1-D1, Broadcast Centre, White City Place, 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TQ, EnglandContact name, email
URL
http://www.bbc.co.uk/supplying

Suppliers named on the notice

Capita Travel and EventsSupplier London, UK
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
Large

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder tenderTender noticeen16 May 2018, 09:40 BST
BravoSolution eTendering Portal tenderTender notice
Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder awardAward noticeen6 Apr 2020, 09:29 BST

Source record

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice language: en
Release reference: ocds-b5fd17-1ca6a83c-ca4c-45e4-b909-653cbf6c2b93-2020-04-06T09:30:00+01:00
Published: 16 May 2018
Latest update: 6 Apr 2020
Procedure reference: ocds-b5fd17-1ca6a83c-ca4c-45e4-b909-653cbf6c2b93
Contract reference: ocds-b5fd17-1ca6a83c-ca4c-45e4-b909-653cbf6c2b93-1