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: 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
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Jun 2024, 09:40 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Jun 2024, 09:40 BST
- Authority reference
QUB/2524/24- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-018269- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046f9eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
- Published justification
One tender was received in response to the Open procedure, however, the bidder was unable to meet the minimum selection criteria and was deemed to be non-compliant
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brack Tours IrelandSME, Brack Tours Northern IrelandSMEjoint awardContract for Northern Ireland Tour Operator | £350,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract for Northern Ireland Tour Operator · Brack Tours IrelandSME, Brack Tours Northern IrelandSME
- Signed
- 13 Jun 2024
- Value
- £350,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Brack Tours IrelandAwarded supplier
- Brack Tours Northern IrelandAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.