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Published 9 Sept 2022, 09:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BTA1529 Commercial Partnership Opportunity for Online Travel Marketplace

Official notice

Authority: VisitBritain/VisitEngland

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£2,000,000≈ £2.0m / year40% below published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Sept 2022awarded 16 Dec 2022
Awarded to Wego PTE Ltd
Contract term 1 yrends 17 Oct 2023 · starts 18 Oct 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

VisitBritain has awarded a contract for a major metasearch / online travel marketplace partner in the APMEA region to work with over the next twelve months to assist in promoting holidays into London and key regional cities across Britain. This notice is being published for transparency purposes.

CPV: Administrative services related to tourism affairs

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr
Contract period: 18 Oct 2022 – 17 Oct 2023 (1 yr)
Delivery: UK · Europe
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
9 Sept 2022, 09:00 BST
Last source update
1 Feb 2023, 16:28 GMT
Authority reference
BTA1529
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-003175
Classification (CPV)
Administrative services related to tourism affairs
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03671f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
16 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Sept 2022 → 1 Feb 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Contract starts
    18 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    1 Feb 2023, 16:28 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Feb 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Feb 2023, 16:28 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    1 Feb 2023, 16:28 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,200,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Dec 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Wego PTE Ltd£1,200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 003175-2023-1 · Wego PTE Ltd

    Signed
    16 Dec 2022
    Value
    £1,200,000
    Period
    … – 17 Oct 2023
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

VisitBritain/VisitEngland

Contracting authorityTourism BoardTourism 3 Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria, London, London, SW1W 0BDContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.