plannedFind a Tender · planning Update

Travel Services

BuyerCare Quality Commission

Statusplanned

DeadlineNot published

Value£8,750,000

Published20 Feb 2026

What is being bought

This is a UK1 Pipeline notice. Provision of travel management services to provide online booking tool and offline support for booking rail, hotel and air travel. Planned sourcing route: Call-off from a framework agreement

Delivery location

UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKE, GB · UKF, GB · UKG, GB · UKH, GB · UKI, GB · UKJ, GB · UKK, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Contract periodFrom 21 Nov 2026 to 20 Nov 2029

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Travel management services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 63. The category anchor is Travel management services (63516000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 63	1,487	3 median · 16.2 average (555 of 1,487 with a bid count)	3 average (641 of 1,487 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	0	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UKC	36	2 median · 9.8 average (13 of 36 with a bid count)	3.9 average (15 of 36 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	80	22 median · 22 average (1 of 80 with a bid count)	6 average (1 of 80 with named award suppliers)	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

Relationship	Related procurement
framework	Travel, Transport, Accommodation and Venue Solutions (Lot 1: UK and Overseas Booked Business Travel, Civilian Programmes and Emergency Response) - RM6342

Documents & submission route

Pipeline notice on Find a Tender planning · plannedProcurementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-050bcc
Latest release ID	015488-2026
Latest release timestamp	Fri Feb 20 2026 09:04:53 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	selective
Procurement method details	Using pre-Procurement Act commercial tool
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£8,750,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
20 Feb 2026	planningUpdate	015488-2026
1 May 2025	planning	018585-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)

20 Feb 2026 · 015488-2026 · planningUpdate

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1 May 2025 · 018585-2025 · planning

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