Published date: 19 December 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 November 2022, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Travel management services - 63516000

Location of contract

North West, West Midlands

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

2022-Dec-SLA01

Published date

19 December 2022

Closing date

1 November 2022

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

19 December 2022

Contract end date

18 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

University of Chester wished to make a direct award to
Studylink Tours for Lot 2 - Student Group Travel Services under the Travel Management Framework 2019. This direct award followed our review of the Travel Management Framework Buyers Guide which established that Studylink Tours was the number one ranked supplier on Lot 2. The award followed discussions with Procurement Services regarding their organisation's service offering, liaison with University colleagues and that it is compliant under the framework to place a direct award.

As it was compliant to direct award under the Travel Management Services 2019 framework, there was not a return date and time as the University did not go out to tender. The University could not publish this Award Notice without entering a return date and time. Therefore, the date chosen is the date in November when a project meeting was held to discuss the award. The value has been listed as £0 for the purpose of this Award Notice as there was not a tender return which included a price element and as a new award we do not have existing data to estimate the value.

Award information

Awarded date

12 December 2022

Contract start date

19 December 2022

Contract end date

18 December 2023

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

StudyLink Tours

Address

Discovery House,
Brooklands Way,
Whitehills Business Park,
Blackpool,
Lancashire
FY4 5LW

Reference

Companies House number: 02665024

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Services

Address

PARKGATE ROAD
CHESTER
CH1 4BJ
England

Telephone

01244 512395

Email

procurement@chester.ac.uk

Website

www.chester.ac.uk