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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-037214"
title: "Business Travel Services"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/business-travel-services-ocds-h6vhtk-037214"
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# Business Travel Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/business-travel-services-ocds-h6vhtk-037214). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** FIRSTGROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED: "Business Travel Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £13,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: redirect.transaxions.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [FIRSTGROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/firstgroup-holdings-limited-coh-02029363)
- **Published Value:** £13,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 November 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business travel services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-037214`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/business-travel-services-ocds-h6vhtk-037214#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [redirect.transaxions.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.transaxions.com%2Fevents%2FdZKig)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/business-travel-services-ocds-h6vhtk-037214#participate

## Description
Business travel solutions for First Rail, including Avanti West Coast, Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, TransPennine Express and First Bus.  
The service provision will provide best value whilst managing travel risk, supporting traveller well-being and maximising business travel return on investment. The Travel Management Company will support our requirements for booking hotels, rail travel, air travel, venues and short-term car hire across our multiple businesses throughout the UK.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79997000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £13,500,000
- **Description:** First Rail and First Bus are seeking to contract with one supplier to manage the Group's Business Travel Requirements covering hotels, rail travel, air travel, venues/conferences and short-term car hire. We are seeking proposals that will provide the...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027575-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-30T15:29:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T11:00:41.378Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-037214