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Essex County Council is looking to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply of Business Travel and Accommodation. Key areas are likely to include but are not limited to: — Hotel Accommodation, — Rail Travel and Bookings, — Travel Management Services, — Conference and Event Room Hire, — Air Travel. Full details of the types of Business Travel and Accommodation that may be requested and how the lots will be split will be included in the OJEU Contract Notice. The Authority would like to engage with suppliers who deliver travel management services to gain insight into the full range of services available and innovative cost models which could potentially benefit the authority and the supplier. Interested suppliers are invited to contact the authority to discuss this further. email2workspace-prod+ECC+WS680211457+sz5m@ansmtp.ariba.com As part of the requirement ECC is seeking to obtain flexibility with regards to its ability to allow Public Sector partner organisations (including any future successor organisation(s) to the functions exercised by any such organisations) to utilise the benefits of the contract. These other public sector bodies include but are not limited to: — Essex County Council including partly owned joint ventures, subsidiaries and Local Authority Trading Vehicles and Companies and any of its statutory successors and further legal entities / organisations created (whether as a result of re-organisation or organisational changes occurring) during the life of the procured Agreement. Details of existing companies are as follows: Anglia Ruskin Health Partnership Ltd, Essex Cares Ltd, ECL Trading Limited, Essex Equipment Services Ltd, Essex Community Support Ltd, Essex Employment and Inclusion Ltd, Essex LEP Ltd, Essex School (Holdings) Ltd, Essex Schools Ltd, Essex Schools Holdings (Woodlands) Ltd, Essex Trade and Investment Ltd, iESE Limited, Library Services (Slough) Ltd, Vine HR Ltd, TDFHUB2014 Ltd, Essex Assist Ltd, Essex Legal Services Ltd, Exwaste Ltd, Remade Essex Ltd and Smarte East Ltd. This list is not exhaustive; — NHS bodies, including: The National Health Service Commissioning Board (known as NHS England), and all bodies hosted by The National Health Service Commissioning Board; — Any other Health Service Body as defined at section 9 National Health Service Act 2006, including but not limited to any: i. Clinical Commissioning Group; ii. NHS Trust; iii. Special Health Authority; iv. The Care Quality Commission; v. National Institute for Health Care Excellence, known as NICE; vi. The Health and Social Care Information Centre; vii. The Secretary of State; viii. Relevant Welsh health service bodies. — NHS Foundation Trusts; — Academic Health Science Networks; — The NHS Trust Development Authority; — Monitor; — Health Education England including Local Education and Training Boards (LETB) constituted as committees of Health Education England; — NHS Health Research Authority; — The Department of Health; — Executive agencies of the Department of Health including but not limited to Public Health England, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and the National Institute of Health Research; — Arms Length Bodies of the Department of Health not otherwise listed in this Contract Notice including but not limited to NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Litigation Authority, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, and the Human Tissue Authority; — Any provider of primary medical services under a GMS, PMS or APMS contract; and joint NHS/Local Authority bodies; — County, Unitary, District, Borough and Parish Councils within the geographical boundaries of East Anglia including Health and Well Being Boards established by any such local authorities; — Fire and rescue authorities predominantly within the geographical boundaries of East Anglia; — Police authorities and the Police Commissioner predominantly within the geographical boundaries of East Anglia; — Educational establishments in England and Wales, including those maintained by the Department for Children, Schools and Families including Schools (including academies and trusts), Universities and Colleges and private and independent schools (including Free schools) within the UK; —— And/or other private organisations when (i) acting as managing agents on behalf of the above noted public sector or public interest bodies or (ii) procuring on behalf of the above noted public sector or public interest bodies or (iii) delivering services to, for or on behalf of ECC including but not limited to Mitie Facilities Services Ltd, Ringway Jacobs Limited and Daisy Updata Communications Limited; and — Third sector organisations whose activities involve the delivery of public services to any of the above public bodies.