Official UK procurement notice
Export Market Visits and Exhibition Travel
Authority: Welsh Government
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Client is seeking a supplier to manage the delivery of travel, accommodation and trade mission requirements.
Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded the Contract for Export Market Visits and Exhibition Travel Contract.
CPV: Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 2 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Welsh Government is seeking to establish a single supplier contract to provide…AwardedRenewal
The Welsh Government is seeking to establish a single supplier contract to provide travel services and logistical support for Welsh Government staff travelling overseas for trade missions and exhibitions.
This tender exercise aims to ensure that the Welsh Government has access to the necessary support for arranging and managing the logistics of travel to and from markets and trade exhibitions. This will cover a range of activities including transport, accommodation, venue hire, in market transport and collecting the companies contribution towards their travel and accommodation.
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 70
- Cost: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Export Market Visits and Exhibition Travel” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 28 Jun 2023, 16:11 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Oct 2023, 16:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Aug 2023 – …
- Authority reference
C355/2022/2023- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-031527- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dd4bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (WA Ref:135863)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Aug 2023, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 7 Aug 2023, 14:00 BST
Timeline
7 Aug 2023 → 25 Oct 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Aug 2023, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened7 Aug 2023, 14:00 BST
- Notice published25 Oct 2023, 16:42 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Oct 2023, 16:42 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 031527-2023-C355/2022/2023-1
- Signed
- 13 Oct 2023
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- CT Travel Group LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria