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Published 20 Nov 2024, 14:29 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

The Growth Company Invitation to Tender The Provision of Travel Management Services

Official notice

Authority: The Growth Company

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,600,000≈ £320k / year
Submissions closed 20 Dec 2024
Contract term 5 yrsends 22 Feb 2030 · extension options published · starts 24 Feb 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Growth Company Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Travel Management Services

CPV: Travel management services · Travel services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Growth Company wishes to appoint a Travel Management provider for the purpose of…Renewal 5 yrsPublished value£1,600,000

The Growth Company wishes to appoint a Travel Management provider for the purpose of booking all rail and air tickets, hotel accommodation, and other travel related services for both domestic and international travel.

This requirement covers the Growth Company Group, and tenderers shall note that each trading entity within our Group have different travel and service requirements, with some parts of the group travelling more extensively than others. The key aim of this tender process is to appoint a TMC who provide the best fit for the various requirements of our diverse stakeholders.

GC's main objectives for this tender are as follows:

  • Online Booking Services
  • Offline Booking Services
  • Service Levels
  • Travel Expertise, Travel Reporting and GC Travel Policy Support
  • Emergency and Out of Hours Service
  • Hotel Accommodation
  • Apartment Accommodation
  • Air Travel
  • Visa's
  • Vehicle Hire
  • Rail Travel
  • Integrations with other Services and Providers and Payment Technologies

To apply for this tender opportunity, please register as a supplier on the Panacea Supplier Platform at the following web address: app.panacea-software.com/growth ↗

Once you have accessed the site, to view the opportunity you need to navigate to 'Register Interest', click the 'Participate' Button, then navigate to 'My Questionnaires' where you will be able to download the documents.

Your tender submission must be made on the Panacea Portal. Please ensure ALL the relevant tender documents are included within the 'Response' section of the Questionnaire. You can add these individually or utilise a Zip folder to submit your response. Once uploaded, this will allow you to 'Submit' your bid.

The documents contain instructions and information for your tender, including specification of requirements, and the key assessment and evaluation criteria that will be used to assess offers.

The deadline for submission of the required documents is at 16:00 on Friday 20th December 2024.

Contract period: 24 Feb 2025 – 22 Feb 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: This is a three (3) year contract with the option of two (2) additional one (1) year renewals - 3+1+1Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open 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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
20 Nov 2024, 14:29 GMT
Last source update
20 Nov 2024, 14:29 GMT
Award evaluation window
20 Dec 2024 – …
Authority reference
GC25-006
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-037542
Classification (CPV)
Travel management servicesTravel services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04bd54 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
20 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Dec 2024, 16:30 GMT

Timeline

20 Nov 2024 → 24 Feb 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    20 Nov 2024, 14:29 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    20 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    20 Dec 2024, 16:30 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    24 Feb 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Growth Company

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Lee House, 90 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M1 5JW, Manchester, UK, M15JWContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.