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Published 20 Sept 2021, 15:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BTA1626 - Product Distribution & Awareness Partnership in India

Official notice

Authority: VisitBritain/VisitEngland

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£300,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 Oct 2021awarded 6 Dec 2021
Awarded to nijhawangroup LAP Travel Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Product Distribution & Awareness Partnership in India

CPV: Marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Travel-Trade awareness & distribution campaign with a B2B consolidator in IndiaAwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000

Travel-Trade awareness & distribution campaign with a B2B consolidator in India. Objective is to grow product distribution & create destination awareness about the UK amongst travel-trade buyers.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial Term of 6 months, 1 optional renewal for 12 months maximumVariant 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
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 80%
  • Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 80
  • Price: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Detailed in the Invitation To Tender. Technical capability.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
20 Sept 2021, 15:51 BST
Last source update
30 Dec 2021, 11:20 GMT
Award evaluation window
20 Sept 2021 – …
Authority reference
BTA1626
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-032437
Classification (CPV)
Marketing services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e2a3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
20 Oct 2021
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Sept 2021, 18:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 Sept 2021 → 31 Mar 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    20 Sept 2021, 18:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    20 Oct 2021
  3. Notice published
    30 Dec 2021, 11:20 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    31 Mar 2022, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Dec 2021, 11:20 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £120,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Dec 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
nijhawangroup LAP Travel LtdSME£120,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

VisitBritain/VisitEngland

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawRecreation, culture and religion 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.