Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s) I.2)Type of the contracting authorityBody governed by public law
I.3)Main activityEducation
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authoritiesThe contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Travel Management Service.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 3: Air transport services of passengers and freight, except transport of mail
NUTS code UK
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This tender will establish a multi-supplier framework for online and offline travel services to include business travel, student field trips, hotels and conferencing and other associated services for organisations accessing the agreement. Please note that this agreement may be used by institutions to purchase travel services for externally funded projects.
SUPC is an operating unit of Southern Universities Management Services, a company limited by guarantee. The Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) is acting as lead organisation on behalf of its members and also for members of the Higher Education Purchasing Consortium for Wales (HEPCW), the London Universities Purchasing Consortium, the North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC), the North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC) and the Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC Limited). SUPC is not acting as an agent in the legal sense on behalf of participating organisations. A full list of the participating Consortia members are available on the Consortia websites. Any agreements resulting from this tender should also be made available to future members of any of the participating Consortia.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)63516000, 63512000, 55100000, 63515000, 60400000, 60210000
II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)Value: 700 000 000 GBP
Excluding VAT
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteriaThe most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Price. Weighting 20
2. Quality. Weighting 80
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auctionAn electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
2015/03
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1 Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Business Travel Management ServiceV.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 16
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenSTA Travel Ltd
6 Wrights Lane, Kensington
W8 6TA London
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 2 Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Business Travel Management ServiceV.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 16
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenClarity Travel Management (Formerly The Co-Operative Travel Management)
5 Hargreaves Court, Dyson Way, Staffordshire Technology Park, Beaconside
ST18 0WN Stafford
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 3 Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Business Travel Management ServiceV.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 16
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenKey Travel Limited
28-32 Britannia Street
WC1X 9JF London
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 4 Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Business Travel Management ServiceV.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 16
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenDiversity Travel Ltd
Manchester One, 53 Portland Street
M1 3LD Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 5 Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Business Travel Management ServiceV.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 16
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenIan Allan Travel Limited
Terminal House, Station Approach, Middlesex
TW17 8AS Shepperton
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 6 Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Business Travel Management ServiceV.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 16
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenWorld Travel Centre Ltd trading as Selective Travel Management
Murray's Exchange Lower Ground Floor 1-9 Linfield Road
BT12 5DR Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 7 Lot No: 2 - Lot title: Hotels and Conferencing.V.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 8
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenSTA Travel Ltd
6 Wrights Lane, Kensington
W8 6TA London
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 8 Lot No: 2 - Lot title: Hotels and Conferencing.V.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 8
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenKey Travel Limited
28-32 Britannia Street
WC1X 9JF London
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 9 Lot No: 2 - Lot title: Hotels and ConferencingV.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 8
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenCalder Conferences Limited
4 Woodside Court, Clayton Wood Rise
LS16 6RF Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 10 Lot No: 2 - Lot title: Hotels and Conferencing.V.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 8
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenClarity Travel Management (Formerly The Co-Operative Travel Management)
5 Hargreaves Court, Dyson Way, Staffordshire Technology Park, Beaconside
ST18 0WN Stafford
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 11 Lot No: 3 - Lot title: Student (Group) Travel ServicesV.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 10
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenKey Travel Ltd
28-32 Britannia Street
WC1X 9JF London
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 12 Lot No: 3 - Lot title: Student (Group) Travel ServicesV.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 10
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenSTA Travel Ltd
6 Wrights Lane, Kensington
W8 6TA London
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 13 Lot No: 3 - Lot title: Student (Group) Travel ServicesV.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 10
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenStudylink (part of NST Travel Group Ltd)
Discovery House, Brooklands Way, Whitehills Business Park
FY4 5LW Blackpool
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 14 Lot No: 3 - Lot title: Student (Group) Travel ServicesV.1)Date of contract award decision:18.5.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 10
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenISIS Educational Services Ltd
259 Greenwich High Road
SE10 8NB London
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union fundsThe contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
The following weightings were used for each lot:
Lot 1: Price 20 % Quality 80 %.
Lot 2: Price 20 % Quality 80 %.
Lot 3: Quality 100 %.
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:29.6.2015