Travel agency and similar services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 63510000Services · classin Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 30% (69 notices)
  • Central government 24% (56 notices)
  • Education & universities 16% (37 notices)
  • Other public bodies 15% (35 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 3% (8 notices)
  • Not classified 11% (25 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security AgencyCentral government1120
British CouncilLocal authorities1070
Home OfficeCentral government640
York St John UniversityEducation & universities500
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapultnot classified400
Welsh Governmentnot classified400
Aberdeen City CouncilLocal authorities310
BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)Local authorities320
City & County of SwanseaLocal authorities320
FCDO ServicesCentral government310

163 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 126 of 238 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Greater London27 · 21%
Yorkshire and the Humber22 · 17%
South East England17 · 13%
Wales (Cymru)15 · 12%
West Midlands15 · 12%
Scotland15 · 12%
East of England14 · 11%
North East England13 · 10%
North West England13 · 10%
East Midlands13 · 10%
South West England11 · 9%
Northern Ireland8 · 6%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 82% (196 notices)
  • Framework 17% (41 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 0% (1 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 41% (97 notices)
  • Route not published 28% (67 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 17% (40 notices)
  • Selective 14% (34 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 76% (55 notices)
  • Below threshold 24% (17 notices)
Typical tender window30 daysrobust · n=54median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (146) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=26
  • 1 bid 23% (6)
  • 2–3 27% (7)
  • 4–6 31% (8)
  • 7 or more 19% (5)
Contract value, net
p25 £400,000median £1,200,000p75 £4,813,956
interquartile range of 57 awards · p90 £10,000,000
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=25middle half 2–6
Competed80%robust · n=146open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs46%robust · n=87of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs29%robust · n=58single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally26%robust · n=19winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned3%robust · n=146cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot5robust · n=1127 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 128 awards to 82 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 34% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 59 of 238 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 6351. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 6351. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.