Official UK procurement notice
Business Travel and Associated Services
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAn established business travel managed service platform for staff members who occasionally need to travel across the Country (sometimes across the world) to undertake visits, attend meeting and conferences etc. The system should allow bookings to be made from one central location without the need to undertake long search exercises from multiple sources. It must also provide the Council with useful spend data and a single point of contact for all our travel needs.
- No preliminary market engagement: Not required as this is a renewal of known services
CPV: Business travel services · Travel management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£700,000
- Economic & financial standing
15.1.1 Legal Capacity to perform the contract: (i) Supplier must provide details of all Suppliers/ Sub-Contractors that they will use to deliver this contract. (ii) Where relying on a Sub-Contractor to deliver the Essential Elements of the contract, the Supplier, must confirm that they will enter into a legally binding contract with each Sub-Contractor. 15.1.2 Insurance Requirements: (i) Employers Liability – minimum of £10,000,000 (ten million pounds) (ii) Public Liability - minimum of £5,000,000 (five million pounds) (iii) Professional Indemnity/ Product Indemnity - minimum of £1,000,000 (one million pounds) (iv) Product Indemnity – minimum of £5,000,000 (five million pounds) (The above insurance levels are not required for participation but will be needed if successful and must be evidenced pre contract signature.)
- Technical & professional ability
Quality Assurance (ISO9001) or an equivalent process Cyber Security (ISO27001) or an equivalent process Environmental Management (ISO140001) or an equivalent process Accreditations with a specific body e.g., SRA, RIBA, ICE All solutions must be compliant with W3C WCAG -2.2 to AA accessibility standard, please confirm whether you meet this standard Data fields for addresses held in the system will be compliant with BS7666. Providers of cloud based services should comply with NSCS 14 Cloud Security Principles
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 50%
- Cost: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Cost
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
15.1.1 Legal Capacity to perform the contract: (i) Supplier must provide details of all Suppliers/ Sub-Contractors that they will use to deliver this contract. (ii) Where relying on a Sub-Contractor to deliver the Essential Elements of the contract, the Supplier, must confirm that they will enter into a legally binding contract with each Sub-Contractor. 15.1.2 Insurance Requirements: (i) Employers Liability – minimum of £10,000,000 (ten million pounds) (ii) Public Liability - minimum of £5,000,000 (five million pounds) (iii) Professional Indemnity/ Product Indemnity - minimum of £1,000,000 (one million pounds) (iv) Product Indemnity – minimum of £5,000,000 (five million pounds) (The above insurance levels are not required for participation but will be needed if successful and must be evidenced pre contract signature.)
- Technical & professional ability
Quality Assurance (ISO9001) or an equivalent process Cyber Security (ISO27001) or an equivalent process Environmental Management (ISO140001) or an equivalent process Accreditations with a specific body e.g., SRA, RIBA, ICE All solutions must be compliant with W3C WCAG -2.2 to AA accessibility standard, please confirm whether you meet this standard Data fields for addresses held in the system will be compliant with BS7666. Providers of cloud based services should comply with NSCS 14 Cloud Security Principles
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Jul 2026, 16:01 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 18:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
100108777- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-061909- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c1a8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
1 Jul 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published116 days ago1 Jul 2026, 16:01 BST
- Clarification questions by102 days ago15 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline86 days ago31 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected by37 days ago17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent33 days ago22 Sept 2026
- Latest notice published32 days ago22 Sept 2026, 18:26 BST
- Standstill ends23 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 37 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jul 2026- Tender notice published1 Jul 2026, 16:01 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published22 Sept 2026, 18:26 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete22 Sept 2026, 18:26 BST
- Contract signature expected28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarity Travel Limited1 Dec 2026 – 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2029Extensions: 1 x 12 month extension option | £700,000 | 17 Sept 2026standstill to 1 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonClarity Travel Limited · North West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Clarity Travel LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender