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Published 23 Jun 2022, 15:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BTA1707 Quality Scheme · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: VisitBritain/VisitEngland

Services
Planned pipeline value£1pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 23 Jun 2022from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

VisitEngland, the national tourist board, legally incorporated under the Development of Tourism Act 1969 as British Tourist Authority (“BTA” or “BTA, the Licensor”), is seeking to award a three-year licence subject to an annual fee payable starting no later than 1 October 2022. The licence will enable the successful bidder (“the Licensee”) to undertake quality assurance assessments of tourism businesses in England for and on behalf of the national tourist board. Besides the assessment of establishments within the star-rated tourist accommodation schemes, this licenced contract opportunity also includes responsibility for the management of the non-accommodation schemes, including visitor attractions.<br/><br/>VisitEngland are particularly keen to work with the provider on innovation around advice and guidance that aligns in part to the Common Standards.

CPV: Marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The aims of this PIN are to see whether there is interest and the ability within the…Planned

The aims of this PIN are to see whether there is interest and the ability within the market to deliver our requirements and for potential suppliers to provide details of how they could deliver them the service. <br/><br/>We also want potential suppliers to tell us what they need from us to do that.<br/><br/>This PIN/market testing should inform our procurement strategy. Therefore, we are interested to receive feedback from the market regarding the optimum route to market.<br/><br/>Access to the documentation to participate in this PIN process can be accessed free of charge using the following link:<br/><br/>visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Delivery: London · https://www.visitbritain.com

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 Jun 2022, 15:49 BST
Last source update
23 Jun 2022, 15:49 BST
Authority reference
BTA1707 Quality Scheme
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-017224
Classification (CPV)
Marketing services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0349ed Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified

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

Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Jun 2022 → 23 Jun 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Tender notice expected
    23 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    23 Jun 2022, 15:49 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

VisitBritain/VisitEngland

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawTourism 3 Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria, London, London, SW1W 0BDContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.