Notice Information
Notice Title
The Growth Company Invitation to Tender The Provision of Travel Management Services
Notice Description
The Growth Company Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Travel Management Services
Lot Information
Lot 1
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. This requirement covers the Growth Company Group, 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 provide the best fit for the various requirements of our diverse stakeholders. GC's main objectives for this tender are as follows: * Online Booking Services * Offline Booking Services * Service Levels * Travel Expertise, Travel Reporting and GC Travel Policy Support * Emergency and Out of Hours Service * Hotel Accommodation * Apartment Accommodation * Air Travel * Visa's * Vehicle Hire * Rail Travel * Integrations with other Services and Providers and Payment Technologies To apply for this tender opportunity, please register as a supplier on the Panacea Supplier Platform at the following web address: https://app.panacea-software.com/growth Once you have accessed the site, to view the opportunity you need to navigate to 'Register Interest', click the 'Participate' Button, then navigate to 'My Questionnaires' where you will be able to download the documents. Your tender submission must be made on the Panacea Portal. Please ensure ALL the relevant tender documents are included within the 'Response' section of the Questionnaire. You can add these individually or utilise a Zip folder to submit your response. Once uploaded, this will allow you to 'Submit' your bid. The documents contain instructions and information for your tender, including specification of requirements, and the key assessment and evaluation criteria that will be used to assess offers. The deadline for submission of the required documents is at 16:00 on Friday 20th December 2024.
Renewal: This is a three (3) year contract with the option of two (2) additional one (1) year renewals - 3+1+1
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04bd54
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037542-2024
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
-
- CPV Codes
63515000 - Travel services
63516000 - Travel management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Nov 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Dec 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 24 Feb 2025 - 22 Feb 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE GROWTH COMPANY
- Contact Name
- Marc Ripley
- Contact Email
- marc.ripley@growthco.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MANCHESTER
- Postcode
- M1 5JW
- Post Town
- Manchester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD33 Manchester
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Manchester
- Electoral Ward
- Deansgate
- Westminster Constituency
- Manchester Central
Further Information
Notice URLs
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