Travel and Accommodation Management Services

Official notice

Authority: AHDB

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£300,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 18 Feb 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Travel Counsellors Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To provide travel management services for complex overseas bookings for a period of 12 months, provisioning time for a structured and robust procurement exercise early 2026.

CPV: Travel management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1To provide travel management services for complex overseas bookings from 21/02/2025 to…Awarded

To provide travel management services for complex overseas bookings from 21/02/2025 to 28/02/2026, provisioning time for a structured and robust procurement exercise early 2026.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 21 Feb 2025, 11:10 GMT
Last source update: 21 Feb 2025, 11:10 GMT
Authority reference: STA10214
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-006602
Classification (CPV): Travel management services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e615 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Framework suppliers have been unable to effectively meet service requirements in respect of multi traveller, global trips with complex itineraries, which has led to fragmented ad-hoc travel bookings.
This direct award represents establishing a more assured short-term service provision with clearer terms, provisioning effective time (recognising complexities of specified requirements, contract terms, and evaluation criteria) to undertake a competitive procurement for longer term contract requirements

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £300,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 18 Feb 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Travel Counsellors Limited	£300,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 006602-2025-1 · Travel Counsellors Limited
Signed
18 Feb 2025
Value
£300,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawAgriculture Middlemarch Business Park, Siskin Parkway East, Coventry, UK, CV3 4PEContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

AHDBReview body CoventryContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Travel Counsellors LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02133414 Manchester, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.