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ID 5401460 Tourism Northern Ireland - Provision of Private Coach Hire Services

Hire of buses and coaches with driver
Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published2
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Tourism Northern Ireland: "ID 5401460 Tourism Northern Ireland - Provision of Private Coach Hire Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityTourism Northern IrelandScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Tourism Northern Ireland
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Tourism Northern Ireland. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
6Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 2 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityTourism Northern Ireland
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published2 Apr 2025, 16:13 BST
Last source update2 Apr 2025, 16:13 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHire of buses and coaches with driver, Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver, Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04c80d
What is being bought
TNI has a requirement for the provision of private coach hire services to facilitate a number of Familiarisation Trips and Business Events throughout each year. The service will entail the collection and transportation of persons as directed by TNI to and from various locations throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Tourism NI is now seeking to establish a contract to appoint Supplier(s) to provide coaching and transport services to help deliver it’s FAM trips and Business Events and achieve Tourism NI’s overarching objectives. The contract will be separated into Lots, one for each of the requirements below, which will be dictated by the FAM type and visitor and the business event requirements. Lot 1 Large Executive and Luxury Coaches Lot 2 Small to Medium Sized VIP and Executive Coaches There is no limit on the number of Lots a Tenderer can submit a tender for or can be awarded.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    2 Apr 2025, 16:13 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    2 Apr 2025, 16:13 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    2 Apr 2025, 16:13 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    2 Apr 2025, 16:13 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    2 Apr 2025, 16:13 BST
  6. Published value updated to £500,000
    13 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
  7. Status changed to active
    13 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    13 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
  9. Submission deadline changed to 24 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
    13 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
  10. Buyer information updated
    13 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Lot 1 Large Executive and Luxury Coaches
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    TNI has a requirement for the provision of private coach hire services to facilitate a number of Familiarisation Trips and Business Events throughout each year. The service will entail the collection and transportation of persons as directed by TNI to and from various locations throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Tourism NI is now seeking to establish a contract to appoint Supplier(s) to provide coaching and transport services to help deliver it’s FAM trips and Business Events and achieve Tourism NI’s overarching objectives. The contract will be separated into Lots, one for each of the requirements below, which will be dictated by the FAM type and visitor and the business event requirements. Lot 1 Large Executive and Luxury Coaches Lot 2 Small to Medium Sized VIP and Executive Coaches There is no limit on the number of Lots a Tenderer can submit a tender for or can be awarded.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Lot 2 Small to Medium Sized VIP and Executive Coaches
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    TNI has a requirement for the provision of private coach hire services to facilitate a number of Familiarisation Trips and Business Events throughout each year. The service will entail the collection and transportation of persons as directed by TNI to and from various locations throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Tourism NI is now seeking to establish a contract to appoint Supplier(s) to provide coaching and transport services to help deliver it’s FAM trips and Business Events and achieve Tourism NI’s overarching objectives. The contract will be separated into Lots, one for each of the requirements below, which will be dictated by the FAM type and visitor and the business event requirements. Lot 1 Large Executive and Luxury Coaches Lot 2 Small to Medium Sized VIP and Executive Coaches There is no limit on the number of Lots a Tenderer can submit a tender for or can be awarded.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    2 Apr 2025, 16:13 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 2 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £125,000
  5. Contract active
    Signed 2 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £375,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
QUINN COACHES LTD
Not published · Not published · active
QUINN COACHES LTD
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Lot 1 Large Executive and Luxury Coaches
£125,000 · signed 2 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Lot 2 Small to Medium Sized VIP and Executive Coaches
£375,000 · signed 2 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 6 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 6 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 1 (lot 1)
bids: 6 (lot 2)
electronicBids: 6 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 2)
smeBids: 1 (lot 2)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Tourism Northern Ireland

Contracting authority GB-FTS-142712
View buyer profile

  • Tourism Northern Ireland
    buyer

    10-12 Linum Chambers Bedford Street, BELFAST, UKN, bt2 7es
    SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk

  • QUINN COACHES LTD
    supplier

    14 CULLENTRAGH ROAD, NEWRY, UKN, BT35 6SD
    info@quinncoaches.com
    +44 2830821439

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    reviewBody

    Belfast
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