Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
9th Floor, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/ccs
Address of the buyer profile: https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Public Sector Global Travel and Venue Solutions — Lot 1
Reference number: RM6164
II.1.2) Main CPV code
63516000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Crown commercial service as the authority has put in place a framework agreement for use by UK public sector bodies identified at VI.3) (and any future successors to these organisations), which include central government departments and their arm’s length bodies and agencies, non departmental public bodies, NHS bodies and local authorities.
The above contracting authority(s) have a need for travel booking solutions services. The travel booking solutions services covered by this procurement have been sub-divided into two lots namely:
Lot 1: (Solution A) Domestic and international travel and venue find booked from UK and overseas points of sale;
Lot 2: (solution B) Domestic and international travel and venue find booked from UK points of sale.
Crown commercial service reserves the right for an electronic auction to be held by contracting authority(s) during further competition among the parties to the framework agreement(s).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
396 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Solution A
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30196100
55120000
63516000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
In the UK and overseas.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Domestic and international travel and venue find booked from UK and overseas points of sale.
Please note for Lot 1: Cyber Essentials Plus is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials Plus scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this lot, bidders must be able to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials Plus, for services under and in connection with this lot.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 20
Price
/ Weighting:
80
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:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
This contract award notice pertains to the award of Lot 1. Lot 2 has been awarded previously. Please note that the estimated contract value is for lots 1 and 2 (Solution A and Solution B) and is as per the published OJEU notice.
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 242-594966
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Title: Lot 1 (Solution A) Domestic and International Travel and Venue Find Booked from UK and Overseas Points of Sale
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/06/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Flight Centre (UK) Ltd trading as FCM Travel Solutions.
02937210
Level 6 CI Tower High Street New Malden
Surrey
KT3 4TE
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 396 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The value provided in section II.1.7) is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this commercial agreement. As part of this contract award notice, the following documents can be accessed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a683eae-6753-45ba-b3bf-f68e07e8b5d9
1) redacted commercial agreement,
2) list of successful suppliers.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Crown Commercial Service
Rosebery Court, St Andrew's Business Park
Norwich
NR7 0HS
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/07/2020