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001332 - Business Travel Management

Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · Local or regional public body

In brief

Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation has announced plans to buy travel and leisure and events work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £200,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 4 years, starting 1 December 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 83 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £200,000,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

YPO, in collaboration with ESPO, are looking to re-procure their Travel Management Framework , the previous reference was: 001104 Travel Management Solution II. The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to consult with prospective suppliers and customers to ensure the framework's new iteration is fit-for-purpose in the modern market for customers to call off. The intent for this framework is to be a fixed 4 year solution. Proposed lot structure:  -Lot 1 - Domestic and international travel including accommodation booking, including but not limited to: o Bus, rail, ferry & plane tickets o An online platform for bookings o Car hire services  -Lot 2; Accommodation bookings for the vulnerable, including but not limited to: o Homeless, at risk youth, those at risk of domestic abuse, asylum seekers, refugees, released criminals.  -Lot 3; o Domestic and Internation travel including accommodation and event booking for the education sector.  -Lot 4 - Venue and event hire, specification to cover but not be limited to: o Event bookings o Meeting room hire o Conference bookings

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 008286-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 021595-2026
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 026570-2026

About the buyer

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From notice 008286-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 30 January 2026, last updated 24 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.