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Science Museum Group

Business Travel Management Solution 2027

Business ServicesCPV 79997000
Value£3.5m
Deadline7 Sept 2026
Published30 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 30 Jul 202615 days leftCloses 7 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Ada Chan
procurement@sciencemuseum.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The tender must be submitted via the procurement portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sciencemuseumgroup/aspx/Home) (the “Procurement Portal”).

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£3.5mtotal contract value
median £246k
this tender£0£11.8m

This is a large award for Supporting Transport & Travel Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 2,020 valued Supporting Transport & Travel Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Science Museum Group (SMG) seeks a fully managed Business Travel Management Service to support all its UK and international travel requirements.

The appointed Travel Management Company (TMC) will deliver compliant, cost‑effective, sustainable and data‑driven travel solutions aligned with SMG's duty‑of‑care and governance needs.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Science Museum Group (SMG) seeks

The Science Museum Group (SMG) seeks a fully managed Business Travel Management Service to support all its UK and international travel requirements.

02

The appointed Travel Management Company (TMC)

The appointed Travel Management Company (TMC) will deliver compliant, cost‑effective, sustainable and data‑driven travel solutions aligned with SMG's duty‑of‑care and governance needs.

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What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d792
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
072171-2026
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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