Official UK procurement notice
Procurement for The Supply of Auschwitz-Birkenau Educational Trip Managed Services
Authority: The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (Central government)
Sectors: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: London (UKI)
Published estimate£180,000≈ £90k / year · £216,000 inc. VAT11.1% above published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Apr 2025awarded 22 May 2025
Awarded to HOLOCAUST AWARENESS TOURS LIMITED
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 Jun 2027 · up to 1 Jun 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Jun 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEducational trips to Auschwitz-Birkenau for CTP and MET employees.
This will be a minimum of two trips per year with circa 50 individuals attending each trip.
- No preliminary market engagement: PIN published on Find a Tender prior to Act going live - reference ocds-h6vhtk-04dc12
CPV: Travel agency and similar services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£180,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
How bids were scored
- Technical : Contained within Bidder's Response - Part 4 - Technical Assessment Weighting 45%
- Commercial: Contained within Bidder's Response - Part 5 - Commercial Assessment Weighting 5%
- Social Value: Contained within Bidder's Response - Part 6 - Social Value Assessment Weighting 20%
- Health and Safety: Contained within Bidder's Response - Part 7 - Health and Safety Assessment Pass/Fail
- BCDR: Contained within Bidder's Response - Part 8 - BCDR For Information
- Pricing : Contained within Bidder's Response - Part 10 - Pricing Assessment Weighting 30%
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
- 20 Mar 2025, 13:35 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2025, 09:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 May 2025
- Authority reference
2035- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010404- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04efb2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: portal not identified
- Submission deadline
- 17 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
20 Mar 2025 → 28 Jul 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published20 Mar 2025, 13:35 GMT
- Clarification questions by10 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission deadline17 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
- Award decision expected by14 May 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent22 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Jun 2025
- Standstill ends3 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published28 Jul 2025, 09:56 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Mar 2025- Tender notice published20 Mar 2025, 13:35 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published22 May 2025, 16:16 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete22 May 2025, 16:16 BST
- Contract signature expected20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 Jul 2025, 09:56 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £200,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Jul 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLOCAUST AWARENESS TOURS LIMITEDSME1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2027 · up to 30 Jun 2029Extensions: Two optional one-year extensions. | £200,000 | 22 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · HOLOCAUST AWARENESS TOURS LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 21 Jul 2025
- Value
- £200,000
- Period
- 23 Jul 2025 – 22 Jul 2027 · up to 22 Jul 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Two optional one year extensions.
6 agreed KPIs: Buyer support · Management Information Reporting · Supplier Review Meetings …
- Buyer support
- Management Information Reporting
- Supplier Review Meetings
- Fulfilment performance
- Quality of Service (1)
- Quality of Service (2)
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HOLOCAUST AWARENESS TOURS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender