Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
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.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.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 500 000.00
EUR
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
Quality criterion: Quality and social value
/ Weighting: 55
Quality criterion: Presentation and portal evaluation
/ Weighting: 15
Cost criterion: Value for money
/ Weighting: 30
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 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
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 151-372782
Section V: Award of contract
Title: The Provision of Travel Management Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
11/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
STA Travel Ltd
01263330
London
W8 6TA
UK
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
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
10/12/2019