Find a TenderAwardedContract award notice
Published 1 Jul 2026, 16:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Business Travel and Associated Services

Official notice

Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£700,000≈ £350k / year · £840,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 31 Jul 2026awarded 17 Sept 2026
Award (standstill) to Clarity Travel Limited
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

An 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 published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£700,000
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 – 30 Nov 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Nov 2029 with extensionsValue: £700,000 exc. VAT · £840,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: 1 x 12 months optional extension
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • 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 win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 40%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Cost: 40%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality
  • Cost
  • Social Value
Conditions of participation2
  • 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 this means for your bid
  • 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)
Business travel servicesTravel management services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c1a8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
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
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Jul 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published116 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 16:01 BST
  2. Clarification questions by102 days ago
    15 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline86 days ago
    31 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by37 days ago
    17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Assessment summaries sent33 days ago
    22 Sept 2026
  6. Latest notice published32 days ago
    22 Sept 2026, 18:26 BST
  7. Standstill ends23 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  8. Today
    25 Oct 2026
  9. Contract startsin 37 days
    1 Dec 2026

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jul 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Jul 2026, 16:01 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    22 Sept 2026, 18:26 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    22 Sept 2026, 18:26 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £700,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Clarity Travel Limited1 Dec 2026 – 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2029Extensions: 1 x 12 month extension option£700,00017 Sept 2026standstill to 1 Oct 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one00—

Who bid

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

Sheffield City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPQT-9425-JWVM Town Hall, Pinstone Street,, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 2HHContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Clarity Travel LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PQWG-2415-TMHV 4th Floor, Broadhurst House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, North West, M1 6EUContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender