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title: "Travel Management, Meetings & Events Services"
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# Travel Management, Meetings & Events Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/travel-management-meetings-events-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ef24). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS): "Travel Management, Meetings & Events Services". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £800,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/southern-universities-management-services-sums-coh-02732244)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £800,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business travel services, Event services, Hotel meeting and conference services, Travel agency and similar services, Travel management services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/travel-management-meetings-events-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ef24#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ef24`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/travel-management-meetings-events-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ef24#tl-md)

## Description
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise is to engage with the market to understand current supplier capability, market developments and potential approaches to the delivery of travel management services. SUPC is seeking to gather information to help inform the scope, lotting structure, commercial model and service requirements of the proposed framework, including the potential provision of business travel, student travel, meetings and events, and associated services. The proposed framework will provide higher and further education institutions and other public sector organisations with access to a range of travel management services. The final scope and lotting structure will be informed by member requirements, supplier engagement and wider market intelligence. Information gathered through this exercise will help SUPC to develop the procurement strategy and specification. The PME is not a tender and does not constitute a commitment by SUPC to proceed with any particular approach or award a contract. The resulting framework agreement would be available to all members of the regional consortia that comprise UKUPC (APUC, LUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, SUPC, TEC and TUCO). Members span a range of public sector organisations and include higher education institutions, schools and colleges, government departments, local authorities, charitable organisations, housing associations, NHS trusts, and others.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0000: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0000`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 55120000, 63510000, 63515000, 63516000, 79952000, 79997000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 03/04/2028 to 29/03/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F082440-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-01T08:02:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T08:02:28.908Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ef24