--- title: "Contract for the Provision of Travel Services for Immigration Purposes" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-039a4893-eb66-4bf0-a0c8-c781d028721a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-039a4893-eb66-4bf0-a0c8-c781d028721a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-039a4893-eb66-4bf0-a0c8-c781d028721a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-039a4893-eb66-4bf0-a0c8-c781d028721a.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "HOME OFFICE" published: "2025-02-07" --- # Contract for the Provision of Travel Services for Immigration Purposes Buyer: HOME OFFICE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-039a4893-eb66-4bf0-a0c8-c781d028721a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-039a4893-eb66-4bf0-a0c8-c781d028721a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-039a4893-eb66-4bf0-a0c8-c781d028721a.json) ## Summary The Home Office seeks a provider for the 'Contract for the Provision of Travel Services for Immigration Purposes'. This procurement process, currently in the tender stage, focuses on travel services essential for detaining and enforcing the removal of certain individuals under UK immigration laws. The services required primarily involve overseas travel, including arrangements for vulnerable individuals and specific charter services. The contract, estimated between £171m - £384m in pass-through costs, will span five years starting in April 2026, with potential extensions up to a maximum of seven years. Interested parties must register via the Home Office eSourcing Suite by 3 April 2025, with a supplier event scheduled for 17 February 2025. This tender offers significant business growth opportunities for companies specialising in travel and logistics services. Ideal candidates would be experienced in managing international travel arrangements, particularly under complex regulatory conditions. The scope includes purchasing travel tickets, handling refunds, managing airline relationships, and providing accommodation services for Home Office staff. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are particularly encouraged to participate due to the open procurement method. Overall, businesses with robust travel service capabilities and compliance expertise stand to benefit from this lucrative government contract. ## Notice The Home Office is responsible, under UK legislation including but not limited to the Immigration Act 1971 and the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, for detaining and/or enforcing the removal of certain persons. It is necessary to provide sufficient travel methods (not exclusively air travel) to ensure that individuals with no legal basis to remain in the UK can be removed to overseas destinations. This includes ensuring those methods can accommodate vulnerable individuals, such as those with medical conditions, or those who refuse to comply with transfer. There may also be a requirement to manage travel arrangements for other immigration/government purposes as required by the Authority. The Authority is seeking a commercial partner to provide a number of fully integrated services in regards to travel for immigration purposes, primarily to/from destinations overseas, but including some UK based activity. These services include (but are not limited to): - Providing a comprehensive travel service that complies with requirements and restrictions imposed by airlines in relation to immigration passengers on scheduled flights; - Providing tickets for Service Users, taking into account restrictions imposed by individual airlines; - Following detailed and specific individual airline procedures for obtaining refunds; - Managing relationships with the carriers to maximise cost-effective opportunities; - Provision of a complete Charter service to meet the requirements of the Home Office; - Provision of accommodation for Home Office staff and/or representatives when required. The Authority may have requirements for other UK based travel services. If this requirement materialises, the Authority will agree with the supplier awarded the contract how these requirements can be delivered. The potential length of contract will be 5 years from service commencement, with options to extend on one or more occasions up to a maximum of a further 2 years. The estimated contract value in this contract notice is calculated over the potential maximum term of 7 years including optional extensions. The estimated contract value includes pass-through costs and management services which incorporates implementation costs. Pass-through costs are costs which are associated with the purchase of travel services including tickets, chartering aircraft(s) and hotel bookings. The pass-through costs over the life of this contract are estimated to be in the range of PS171m - PS384m. The content of this notice, including the nature of services and estimated value (including estimated value of pass-through costs), may be subject to change. Note that services may include but not be limited to current and future related service requirements. This service is volumetric and any estimated values (including estimated value of passthrough costs) may be subject to change up or down depending on the amount of activity undertaken during the life of contract. Additional information: 1. To express an interest, participants must first be registered on the Home Office eSourcing Suite. If you have not yet registered, this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html by clicking the 'Register Here' link. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering and who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. 2. Email: Escorting-Commercial@homeoffice.gov.uk Title of email: Travel Services Procurement - Expression of Interest Email to include: Organisation name, Contact name, E-mail address and telephone number. Once the above steps are completed, documents will be made available via the portal, subject to parties signing a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). A supplier event will be held virtually on Monday 17th February 2025 (may be subject to change). Supplier participation in the industry day will require a signed NDA to be submitted by Friday 14th February 2025 - midday. Further details of the event will be provided to those suppliers who have submitted their signed NDAs. The contract falls under Regulation 74 of and Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. As a result, the Authority has determined the procurement procedure that is being followed. The Authority will ensure that the procurement procedure is at least sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of Bidders. The content of this notice, including the nature of services and estimated value (including estimated value of pass through costs) may be the subject to change. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/936adbaa-5d91-4366-b98c-82123f561a72 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 7 Feb 2025 | | Submission deadline | 3 Apr 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 22 Apr 2026 - 22 Apr 2031 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £391,700,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | HOME OFFICE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 4DF | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services ### Codes - 63515000 - Travel services ## Release History - 7 Feb 2025 at 19:58 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/936adbaa-5d91-4366-b98c-82123f561a72 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/936adbaa-5d91-4366-b98c-82123f561a72 7th February 2025 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Access to the procurement documents is restricted. ## Notice URLs - http://www.gov.uk/home-office ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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