Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Growth Company Ltd
M1 5JW
Manchester
UK
Contact person: Kelly Edwards
E-mail: kelly.edwards@growthco.uk
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.growthco.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.growthco.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/manchestergrowthcompany/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/manchestergrowthcompany/aspx/Home
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Private company running publicly funded projects
I.5) Main activity
Other: Business, economic, personal and professional development
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
The Provision of Travel Management Services
Reference number: GC20-006
II.1.2) Main CPV code
63516000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
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.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 500 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
GC 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 and Subsidiary companies, 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 provides the best fit for the various requirements of our diverse stakeholders.
We want to work closely with the successful provider to ensure that the travel solution implemented provides high quality service, achieves value for money, and provides an excellent end to end user experience for our business travellers and administrators.
The Growth Company does not have a central travel booking team or central travel manager and very few administrators who book on behalf of other team members. Our staff are in the most part empowered to make their own travel bookings as they need. The frequency of travel bookings can vary significantly across the group, with some individuals travelling once or twice a year and some staff travelling domestically and internationally on a monthly basis.
We want to enable our staff to book in an easy, intuitive way, with support as they need it. The successful provider must have the ability to communicate and service a wide range of travelers, from infrequent users who may book rail a few times a year to frequent travelers who travel nationally and internationally, including organising events overseas.
We therefore require a travel management provider who can provide travel booking services to individual travelers whilst ensuring that a control infrastructure is maintained, and the Group Travel Policy is embedded as far as possible in the way our travel is booked.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
2 500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/10/2019
End:
30/09/2021
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Option to extend for 2 further 12 month periods.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
02/09/2019
Local time: 10:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
02/09/2019
Local time: 10:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Growth Company Ltd
Manchester
M1 5JW
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/08/2019