Official UK procurement notice
Business Travel Management Services
Authority: Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult·Consortium: 7 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this ITT is to assist the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (“The Authority”) as collaboration lead in establishing a Business Travel Management Services Framework Agreement for use by the Catapult Centres, the Active Building Centre Co. Ltd, Agri-Tech Centres, Vaccines Manufacturing & Innovations Centre (UK) Ltd (VMIC), UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), Glass Futures and their Trading Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Buying Authorities”), as part of a competitive procurement exercise in accordance with the "Restricted" procedure for tendering under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended from time to time).
It is anticipated that one (1) Travel Management Company (“TMC”) shall be appointed to the Framework Agreement to provide a fair and transparent Service to the Buying Authorities. However, the Authority reserves the right to appoint more than this number if deemed to be in the best interest of the Buying Authorities e.g. value for money.
The Buying Authorities do not guarantee any volume or value of work from this Framework Agreement.
TMCs are to be aware that Services required under the terms of this Business Travel Management Services Framework Agreement may be co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
CPV: Travel management services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£10,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Business Travel Management Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Jun 2021, 11:39 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jun 2021, 11:39 BST
- Authority reference
DN545464- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013469- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bc10Find a Tender
- Review procedure
In the first instance, all appeals should be promptly brought to the attention of the contact specified in Section I above, and will be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Any appeals must be brought within the timescales specified by the applicable law, including without limitation, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the contracting authority will also incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the date information on award of contract is communicated to tenderers.
As the UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions, any challenges will be dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 16 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
15 Jun 2021 → 16 Jul 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published15 Jun 2021, 11:39 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown16 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
8 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Active Building CentreContracting authority
- Agri-Tech CentresContracting authority
- Catapult Network and Trading SubsidiariesContracting authority
- Glass FuturesContracting authority
- UKBIC (UK Battery Industrialisation Centre)Contracting authority
- VMIC (Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (UK) Ltd)Contracting authority
- European UnionFunder
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeMediation bodyReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.