Official UK procurement notice
BTA1707 Quality Scheme · UK public procurement notice
Authority: VisitBritain/VisitEngland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionVisitEngland, 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 publishedLot #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 ↗
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official noticeTender 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- Tender notice expected23 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published23 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
Official documents & specifications
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