Travel Management Solution · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)

Awarded value£3,200,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 22 May 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The supplier is to provide an online 'one stop shop' to enable individual employees to book and pay for:

UK and international rail, sea crossing and air travel

hotel accommodation, venue hire for conferences and events.

Procured via CCS RM6342 Lot 1

CPV: Travel management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: East of England

Extensions: 2 x 12 month extensions available

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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 1 Jul 2025, 11:34 BST
Last source update: 1 Jul 2025, 11:34 BST
Authority reference: CO0483
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-036348
Classification (CPV): Travel management services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05568c Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: This was a call-off from Lot 1 of RM6342 "Travel, Transport, Accommodation and Venue Solutions" and this is a single supplier lot.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £3,200,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 22 May 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited	£3,200,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 036348-2025-1 · Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited
Signed
22 May 2025
Value
£3,200,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM11QHContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

CORPORATE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT (NORTH) LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00488182 Bradford, Yorkshire & Humber

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.