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Business Travel Management Services

DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 23:07.

Opportunity overview

De Montfort University (DMU) is seeking to appointment a Travel Management Company (TMC) to provide staff travel and accommodation booking services (both online and offline). The Contract will be for a period of three years, with a further two possible one-year extensions, up to a maximum 5-year contract duration. Any contract extension will be dependent on satisfactory supplier performance, continued business need and availability of funding and will in any case be awarded at the University's sole discretion. The Contract is being offered under the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) framework PFB4053 "Travel Management Services", specifically Lot 1 (Business Travel Services) of the framework, and we are inviting all framework suppliers on the Lot to take part in the Further Competition for this opportunity.

Awarded to

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Key Travel Limited

Matched by number
Contract value
£6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
18 May 2026
Award ID
067656-2026-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 01524302
Location
Manchester, UKD33, M1 6EJ, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV63516000 — Travel management services

Lots

  • Business Travel Management services - appointing a Travel Management Company (TMC) to provide staff travel and accommodation booking servicesValue not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
255500
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Awarded through compliant public sector procurement framework - SUPC's Framework Agreement for Travel Management Services 2024 ref. PFB4053 SU (Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-009173)

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
63516000
Description
Travel management services

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
Business Travel Management services - appointing a Travel Management Company (TMC) to provide staff travel and accommodation booking services
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF21

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
Id
GB-UKPRN-10001883

Identifier

Legal Name
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
Id
10001883
Scheme
GB-UKPRN

Address

Street Address
The Gateway
Locality
Leicester
Region
UKF21
Postal Code
LE19BH
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
James West

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
09
Description
Education
Organisation 2
Name
Key Travel Limited
Id
GB-COH-01524302

Identifier

Legal Name
Key Travel Limited
Id
01524302
Scheme
GB-COH

Address

Locality
Manchester
Region
UKD33
Postal Code
M1 6EJ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
De Montfort University
Id
GB-FTS-5358

Identifier

Legal Name
De Montfort University

Address

Locality
Leicester
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
067656-2026-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-01524302
Name
Key Travel Limited

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
067656-2026-1
Award ID
067656-2026-1
Status
active
Date Signed
19 May 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
6,000,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Leicester · UKF21 · LE19BH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF21

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 067656-2026award, contract ·