Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-12-16
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30196100 | 55120000 | 63515000 | 63516000 | 79997000
Estimated value: 196000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-01-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Crown Commercial Service as the authority is putting in place a framework agreement for use by UK public sector bodies identified at VI.3) (and any future successors to these organisations), which include Central Government Departments and their arm’s length bodies and agencies, non departmental public bodies, NHS bodies and local authorities.
The travel booking solutions services covered by this procurement have been sub-divided into 2 lots namely:
Lot 1: (Solution A) domestic and international travel and venue find booked from UK and overseas points of sale;
Crown Commercial Service reserves the right for an electronic auction to be held by contracting authority(s) during further competition among the parties to the framework agreement(s).
Please not for Lot 1 — Cyber Essentials Plus is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials Plus scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.To participate in this lot, bidders must be able to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials Plus, for services under and in connection with this lot.
Please note for Lot 2 — Cyber Essentials is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.To participate in this lot, bidders must be able to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials, for services under and in connection with this lot.
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the 2015 Public Contract Regulations (implementing the Directive) on the basis of information provided in response to the bid pack.
The value provided in Section II.1.5) is an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this framework.
The duration will be a maximum of 4 years, with the first term being 3 years, with a further possible extension of 1 year. For Lot 2 Solution B a framework agreement will be awarded to 3 suppliers. The maximum number of bidders for this framework may increase where (2) or more suppliers have tied scores in last position. We also reserve the right to award a framework to to any bidders whose final score is within 1 % of the last position. This only applies to Lot 2.
On 2.4.2014 Government introduced its Government Security Classifications (GSC) scheme which replaced Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS). A key aspect is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. Bidders should make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this requirement.The link below to Gov.uk provides information on the GSC at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
The framework agreement will utilise the Public Sector Contract. Core terms can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-sector-contract-core-terms
All schedules and specific documentation will be included within the bid pack at https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk
As part of this contract notice the following documents can be accessed at https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Manage/Details/748f0714-f832-4944-a47d-9d54f1bf5d62

Eligibility requirements: Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the 2015 Public Contract Regulations (implementing the Directive) on the basis of information provided in response to the bid pack.

Award value: 196000000