BATP Provision of Travel Management Services Contract

Concepts

• travel management
• birmingham
• wmgc ltd
• travel management company
• travel management services
• wmgc ltd expense management solution
• scope of these services
• single travel management company
• wmgc ltd travel requirements
• international travel

Location

West Midlands as the crow flies from post code B1

Description

The scope of these services is to provide travel management services for the Business and Tourism Programme (BATP) and Business as Usual BAU

Total Quantity or Scope

WMGC Ltd requires setting up a Framework Agreement with a single Travel Management Company at no volume guarantee basis to assist in the planning, booking, organisation, scheduling and issue resolution of both domestic and international travel. The Travel Management Company should have an Online Booking Tool (OBT) software which has the ability to integrate with WMGC Ltd expense management solution and a team of dedicated back office staff who will be able to learn, understand and provide WMGC LTD travel requirements inline with travel policy and guidelines. The services of an experienced Travel Management Company is required for the following markets: a) Australia b) USA and Canada c) India d) Singapore and Malaysia e) Dubai f) China This tender will cover the provision of a fully managed travel service for the purpose of booking all rail and air travel tickets, all hotel accommodation and other requirements related to business travel. The selected contractor to this Framework will provide WMGC Ltd with travel related services that will enable staff and event planners to book flights, accommodation and with an online booking tool (OBT) and, when required, with the assistance of a live contact centre agent who can completely book full trip itineraries for both international and domestic travel. The BATP and BAU has a requirement for both domestic (within United Kingdom) and overseas travel to key markets and the intention of this 4-year Framework Agreement is to standardise and control corporate travel across the business including Business as Usual (BAU).Rail, Hotel accommodation and Flights are a key spend areas for the BATP and it is estimated that spend against the Framework shall be in the region of £0 to £431,189.00 over the life of the Framework and it is estimated that the bulk of the spend (transactions) shall be on flights bookings, rail and hotel accommodation. The successful bidder will be required to perform, but not limited to, the services detailed in the service specifications brief. In the initial stages of the framework call off contracts, it is expected that the majority of transactions will be undertaken off-line, but as process becomes fully embedded between WMGC Ltd and the framework contracted supplier develops and spend becomes controlled, an on-line transaction will be rolled out to all service areas. WMGC Ltd are also looking to have a solution which offers a streamlined back-office processes which helps in producing management information as required by finance and staff. The successful bidder to the framework will be required to offer and develop solutions to ensure all processes are as efficient and integrated as possible. Additional information: The framework value will be varied in accordance with regulation 72 to which a maximum variation of up to 50% will be permissible inline with permissions of that regulation as long as the variation is not a material change so as to alter the overall nature of the contract awarded.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 63516000 - Travel management services
• 63520000 - Transport agency services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** There is no volume guarantees to the demand of the call contracts to be awarded, however the headroom of £431,189 in the contract notice serves as the cap to which call off contract will be awarded against this framework to the projected spend. In the event of any variation this will be in line with regulation 72.