Official UK procurement notice
Business-to-Business Wales Tourism Product Distribution & Data Insight Platform
Authority: Welsh Government
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Welsh Government requires an Off-the-Shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that will enable Wales tourism industry suppliers, including SMEs to transact with international and domestic markets, through online travel agents (OTAs) and other travel trade distributors; this will enable various stakeholders to access key travel and booking information with the ability to enter business-to-business contracts on this one platform.
CPV: Industry specific software development services · Industry specific software package · Sale of travel tickets and package tours services · Transaction-processing software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Following market research and a Prior Information Notice issued 17 December 2021…Awarded
Following market research and a Prior Information Notice issued 17 December 2021 (2021/S 000-031586) there were no alternative suppliers identified that were able to provide a service to meet the requirements.
Therefore, the authority intends to use the negotiated procedure without prior publication, under Regulation 32,2,b,ii of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Dec 2021, 12:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Mar 2022, 14:47 GMT
- Authority reference
C420/2021/2022- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005727- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0302d9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The authority requires an off-the-shelf platform to be available by the 31 March 2022 to facilitate the promotion Welsh Tourist Industry, in a shared marketplace with the other nations of the UK, enabling business to business transactions with travel industry distributers.
The Tourism Exchange Great Britain platform (“TXGB”) was developed by Rainmaker for the British Tourist Authority t/a Visit England in order to facilitate business to businesses bookings for the UK tourist industry. TXGB was funded by the Discover England fund and was developed to benefit tourism suppliers in England. TXGB included an option for other UK nations to be included on TXGB once established by purchasing national licences. The other UK nations have now been invited to join TXGB and contribute to the subscription costs, such costs to be apportioned between the nations on a proportionate basis based on market size.
TXGB is a unique platform with a unique suite of users and partners which focuses on horizontal integration across different verticals connecting all types of suppliers via all types of systems with all types of distribution and, TXGB therefore, operates on a different axis to other technologies. TXGB is the only platform which encompasses all nations of Great Britain on one single platform and only Rainmaker can provide access to this platform.
The Authority has undertaken market research, as well as issuing a Prior information notice on the 12/12/2021 (2021/S 000-031586). No other viable alternatives were identified.
Publisher note: (WA Ref:118587)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Feb 2022 → 2 Mar 2022 · 2 dates- Next notice expected28 Feb 2022
- Notice published2 Mar 2022, 14:47 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jan 2022- Status changed to complete28 Jan 2022, 11:25 GMT
- Procurement method changed28 Jan 2022, 11:25 GMT
- Published value updated to £590,0002 Mar 2022, 14:47 GMTwas £600,000
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainmaker Solutions Ltd | £590,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Rainmaker Solutions Ltd | £590,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 005727-2022-1 · Rainmaker Solutions Ltd
- Signed
- 18 Feb 2022
- Value
- £590,000
- Status
- active
Contract 002526-2022-C420/2021/2022-1 · Rainmaker Solutions Ltd
- Signed
- 24 Jan 2022
- Value
- £590,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Rainmaker Solutions LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.