The Torres Strait Island Regional Council (TSIRC) is seeking a professional Travel Management Services (TMS) provider. The scope of services includes end-to-end travel booking, management, and support, ensuring policy-compliant and cost-effective itineraries, strong controls for approvals and reconciliation, optimization of travel credits, accurate reporting, and ensuring traveller duty of care. The contract is for a term with potential extension options. The estimated spend for FY2025 is approximately $1. 8 million, which will be aggregated under one preferred supplier arrangement.
The contract completion time is 30 June 2029, with extension options of up to two further years as detailed in the scope.
The principal shall pay the amount due to the supplier, if any, including any applicable GST, before the end of the payment period, which is defined as the period ending 25 business days after receipt by the principal of the claim.
The supplier warrants that the services will be free from defects, comply in all respects with the contract and any applicable Australian standards or law, and be fit for the purpose stated in or to be reasonably inferred from the contract.
The supplier must have the experience, skills, expertise, resources, and judgement, and hold all necessary competencies, licences, accreditations, qualifications, permits, clearances or other authorisations required to comply with its obligations under the contract.
The principal will endeavour to give the supplier sufficient, but non-exclusive, access to the site to carry out the suppliers obligations under the contract.
Supplier query cutoff is Sunday 26 April 2026 04:00 am E. South America Standard Time.
In FY2025, TSIRC spent approximately $1. 8 million with travel management agencies.