Official UK procurement notice
QUB/2524/24 Contract for Northern Ireland Tour Operator
Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University invites tenders from experienced Northern Ireland Tour Operators who will provide end-to-end planning and delivery of impactful and immersive tourism and cultural experiences for university groups.The North America team at Queen's has overarching responsibility for delivering the University's international student recruitment targets and servicing a wide variety of university partnerships in Canada and the USA. A number of these partners send large groups of students or staff to Queen’s and Belfast for programming and cultural immersion throughout the academic year. The University is keen to ensure professional delivery of Northern Ireland cultural programming and touring for partner institutions through the appointment of a Tour Operator.
CPV: Laundry-management services · Organisation of package tours · Sale of travel tickets and package tours services · Tourist guide services · Travel agency and similar services · Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services · Travel management services · Travel services
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
- Suitability
Please refer to tender documentation.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 12 Apr 2024, 11:52 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Apr 2024, 12:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 May 2024 – …
- Authority reference
2024/S 000-011954- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-011963- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0451c7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 May 2024, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 13 May 2024, 16:00 BST
Timeline
12 Apr 2024 → 13 May 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published12 Apr 2024, 12:03 BST
- Submission deadline13 May 2024, 16:00 BST
- Bids opened13 May 2024, 16:00 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
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1 amendment published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria