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VisitScotland

Find a Tender identifier: GB-FTS-2434 · Edinburgh, UKM

Procurement processes20
Open opportunities0
Awarded procurements12
Signed contracts12
Avg. awarded suppliers1.5
Avg. reported bids4.3
Highest reported bids20
Bid-count coverage11 of 20

Value and contract picture

Published value (GBP)£3,405,000
Average published value (GBP)£681,000
Signed contract value (GBP)£15,077,540

GBP totals only, so values in another currency are never silently mixed into the total.

Procurement methods

Open procedure
18
Not published
1
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
1

Top categories

Event services
6
Public relations services
4
Publications
2
Research services
2
Travel agency and similar services
1
Cultural event organisation services
1
Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services
1
Human resources management consultancy services
1
Point of sale (POS) software development services
1
Printing and related services
1

Most competitive procurements

Ranked by the number of bids reported by the buyer; a multi-lot procurement can report one count per lot.

ProcurementBids reportedValueStatus
HR Agency Services20Value not publishedcomplete
Event & Stand Management Services - UK & Europe5Value not publishedcomplete
Books & Maps (Retail)4Value not publishedcomplete
Host Venue for VisitScotland Connect 2024 and 2025 Workshops3Value not publishedcomplete
Online Travel Agency in China3Value not publishedcomplete
Electronic Point of Sale System3Value not publishedcomplete
Event & Stand Management Services - North America2Value not publishedcomplete
Business Events - UK & Global Strategic Communications & Media2Value not publishedcomplete
Scottish Accommodation Occupancy Survey2Value not publishedcomplete
Media Measurement & Evaluation2Value not publishedcomplete

Most frequent awarded suppliers

SupplierProcurements wonPublished award value (GBP)
The Rocket Group2Value not published
ECR Retail Systems1Value not published
davies tanner1Value not published
Culture & Sport Glasgow1Value not published
Eden Scott1Value not published
FPSG1Value not published
Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited1Value not published
Badenoch & Clark1Value not published
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd1Value not published
Lorien Resourcing Ltd1Value not published

Recent and open procurements

ProcurementStatusDeadlineValue
Sales Agency Representation - German Speaking Markets (Business Events)Closed25 Feb 2021£291,000
VisitScotland Expo 2022 and 2023 Venue HireClosed20 May 2021£270,000
Concession of Core Consumer PublicationsClosed14 Oct 2021Value not published
Books & Maps (Retail)Closed1 Jun 2022Value not published
Event & Stand Management Services - UK & EuropeClosed9 Jun 2022£1,840,000
Event & Stand Management Services - North AmericaClosed9 Jun 2022£725,000
Business Events - UK & Global Strategic Communications & MediaClosed28 Jun 2022£279,000
Scottish Accommodation Occupancy SurveyClosed12 Aug 2022Value not published
Event & Stand Management Services - North AmericacompleteNot publishedValue not published
Event & Stand Management Services - UK & EuropecompleteNot publishedValue not published
Business Events - UK & Global Strategic Communications & MediacompleteNot publishedValue not published
Decarbonising the Supply Chain: Inbound Tour Operator (North America)completeNot publishedValue not published
Host Venue for VisitScotland Connect 2024 and 2025 WorkshopscompleteNot publishedValue not published
Scottish Accommodation Occupancy SurveycompleteNot publishedValue not published
Books & Maps (Retail)completeNot publishedValue not published
Online Travel Agency in ChinacompleteNot publishedValue not published
Festival UK* 2022 – Creative Project Commissioning Contract (Scotland)completeNot publishedValue not published
Electronic Point of Sale SystemcompleteNot publishedValue not published
Media Measurement & EvaluationcompleteNot publishedValue not published
HR Agency ServicescompleteNot publishedValue not published

How to read these figures

Supplier count means distinct suppliers named in awards, not all bidders. Bid counts are published aggregate statistics, not a list of submitted bids. Award and contract data currently comes from the latest retained OCDS record for each procurement process.