Business Travel Management Services

Official notice

Authority: De Montfort University (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF21)

Awarded value£6,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 19 May 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Key Travel

What is being bought

Published requirement description

De Montfort University (DMU) is seeking to appointment a Travel Management Company (TMC) to provide staff travel and accommodation booking services (both online and offline).

The Contract will be for a period of three years, with a further two possible one-year extensions, up to a maximum 5-year contract duration. Any contract extension will be dependent on satisfactory supplier performance, continued business need and availability of funding and will in any case be awarded at the University's sole discretion.

The Contract is being offered under the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) framework PFB4053 "Travel Management Services", specifically Lot 1 (Business Travel Services) of the framework, and we are inviting all framework suppliers on the Lot to take part in the Further Competition for this opportunity.

CPV: Travel management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Business Travel Management services - appointing a Travel Management Company (TMC) to…Awarded

Business Travel Management services - appointing a Travel Management Company (TMC) to provide staff travel and accommodation booking services

Delivery: East Midlands

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 17 Jul 2026, 11:27 BST
Last source update: 17 Jul 2026, 11:27 BST
Authority reference: 255500
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-067656
Classification (CPV): Travel management services
Delivery area: East Midlands (UKF21)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06cda7 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Awarded through compliant public sector procurement framework - SUPC's Framework Agreement for Travel Management Services 2024 ref. PFB4053 SU (Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-009173)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £6,000,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 3

Contracts signed 1latest 19 May 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Key Travel	£6,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 067656-2026-1 · Key Travel
Signed
19 May 2026
Value
£6,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-UKPRN: 10001883 The Gateway, Leicester, East Midlands, LE19BHContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Key Travel LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01524302 Manchester, North West, M1 6EJ

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.