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Published 30 Mar 2023, 16:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Travel Management Company · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: General Medical Council (GMC) (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£10,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 10 May 2023awarded 21 Sept 2023
Awarded to Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The GMC are looking for a travel management company to facilitate to booking of air, rail and accommodation requirements. In 2022, spend was GBP2m. The split being 1.6m on hotels, 400k on rail and 60k on air.

CPV: Travel agency and similar services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Twelve month extension periodVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 65.1%Price: 25%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (8)
  • User Experience Online: 16.3%
  • User Experience Offline: 16.3%
  • Managing travel spend: 13%
  • Support & Account Mgt: 13%
  • Implementation: 6.5%
  • Price: 22.5%
  • T&Cs: 2.5%
  • Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (8)
  • User Experience Online: 16.3
  • User Experience Offline: 16.3
  • Managing travel spend: 13
  • Support & Account Mgt: 13
  • Implementation: 6.5
  • Social value: 10
  • Price: 22.5
  • T&Cs: 2.5
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100.1 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Mar 2023, 16:34 BST
Last source update
10 Oct 2023, 10:21 BST
Award evaluation window
10 May 2023 – …
Authority reference
GMC1752
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-029785
Classification (CPV)
Travel agency and similar services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b779 Find a Tender

Publisher note: (MT Ref:230466)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: mytenders · Who buys & how to bid on myTenders
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free publication showcase; bidding happens on buyer portals
Submission deadline
10 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
10 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 May 2023 → 10 Oct 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    10 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    10 Oct 2023, 10:21 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Oct 2023, 10:21 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £10,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Sept 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited£10,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

General Medical Council (GMC)

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegulatorHealth 3 Hardman Street, Manchester, UK, M3 3AWContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body LondonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.