Official UK procurement notice
Travel Management Services Tender
Authority: UNIVERSITY OF DERBY (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF)
Published value£4,000,000published on the single lot · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 31 Jul 2024awarded 25 Feb 2025
Awarded to Diversity Travel
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide staff travel services
CPV: Travel agency and similar services · Travel management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Travel Management ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£4,000,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Jul 2024, 15:24 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Mar 2025, 15:36 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010472- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047934Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: portal not identified
- Submission deadline
- 31 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
31 Jul 2024 → 20 Mar 2025 · 2 dates- Submission deadline31 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published20 Mar 2025, 15:36 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Mar 2025- Status changed to complete20 Mar 2025, 15:36 GMT
- Buyer details updated20 Mar 2025, 15:36 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £4,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Feb 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diversity Travel | £4,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010472-2025-1 · Diversity Travel
- Signed
- 25 Feb 2025
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Diversity Travel LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.