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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04710d"
title: "ID 4976073 - NIO - External Relations - Chauffeur Driven Services"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-4976073-nio-external-relations-chauffeur-driven-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04710d"
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# ID 4976073 - NIO - External Relations - Chauffeur Driven Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-4976073-nio-external-relations-chauffeur-driven-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04710d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northern Ireland Office: "ID 4976073 - NIO - External Relations - Chauffeur Driven Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £120,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Jul 2024, 15:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Northern Ireland Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-ireland-office-gov-d19)
- **Published Value:** £120,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 July 2024 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver, Road transport services, Special-purpose road passenger-transport services, Taxi services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £120,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04710d`

## 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/id-4976073-nio-external-relations-chauffeur-driven-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04710d#tl-md)

## Description
The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) represents Northern Ireland interests at a UK Government level and UK Government interests in Northern Ireland. This tendering exercise is being carried out by the NIO’s Communications and External Relations Directorate based in Belfast. The Communications and External Relations Directorate has a broad range of responsibilities which include the strategic planning and delivery of Ministerial engagements, visit programmes for visiting VIPs, and major public events. The NIO has a requirement for the provision of a private vehicle hire service (chauffeur driven vehicles). The service will entail the collection and delivery of persons, documents and other items as directed by the NIO nominated Authorising Officers, to and from various locations throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The service can be required 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, and drivers and vehicles must be available accordingly. Please see the specification document for more information.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60100000, 60120000, 60170000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £120,000
- **Description:** The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) represents Northern Ireland interests at a UK Government level and UK Government interests in Northern Ireland. This tendering exercise is being carried out by the NIO’s Communications and External Relations Director...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Contract (active)
  - Award id: `035271-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Withheld for security reasons**

  - Value: £120,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £120,000
  - Signed Date: 14/10/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035271-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-10-31T09:52:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T18:47:41.081Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04710d