Published date: 21 November 2016

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 1 December 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Travel management services - 63516000

  • Business travel services - 79997000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£40,000,000 to £56,000,000

Procurement reference

V / 2708

Published date

21 November 2016

Closing date

1 December 2016

Contract start date

3 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Leeds wishes to appoint a supply partner for the supply of Business Travel Services for thestaff of the University of Leeds.
The objective of this procurement exercise is to achieve the following outcomes:
- Establish a partnership with a single business travel management company;
- Have access to an online booking solution for air, rail, hotel and foreign car hire;
- Have access to an offline support team;
- Deliver efficiencies in the booking and approval process;
- Achieve better value for money on the cost of business travel;
- Achieve better value for money on business travel through a reduction in booking fees and managementcosts;
- Improve end user satisfaction with the contract and systems in place;
- Improve the management information and reporting on business expenditure;
- Improve levels of contract compliance;
- Embed the new business travel policy with the booking process to drive up compliance;
- Access to traveller tracking tools and technology;
- Provide the University with an efficient and responsive solution supported by a customer focused team.

More information

Additional text

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About the buyer

Contact name

Zoe Jones

Address

Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT
England

Email

centralpurchasing@adm.leeds.ac.uk