Awarded contract

Provision of Travel Management Services

Details

Buyer: DFT OPERATOR LIMITED
Supplier(s): PERK UK LTD
Value: £2,000,000
Topic: Travel management services
Published: 6 February 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Provision of Travel Management services for DFTO - Booking of hotels and travel for employees. Operators within the group have an option to use the agreement and are named in the cluster group. Contract value is 0 commitment but estimated at a nominal value of £2,000,000. Lot 1: Provision of Travel Management services - Booking of hotels and travel for employees 0 Value non commitment

Timeline

Completed: Award date12 November 2025
Completed: Award published6 February 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

DFT Operator Limited is the Department for Transport's rail owning group and operator of last resort. The company runs publicly owned train operators including LNER, Northern Trains and Southeastern. A dynamic market for rail replacement bus and coach services lets the operators run call-off competitions.

Over the past 5 years, most of DFT Operator Limited's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and software and information systems.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@dft-operator-limited.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@dft-operator-limited.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@dft-operator-limited.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@dft-operator-limited.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@dft-operator-limited.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@dft-operator-limited.gov