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# DfE - Tourism NI - Northern Ireland Tourism Industry Research

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dfe-tourism-ni-northern-ireland-tourism-industry-research-ocds-h6vhtk-04e6e2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Tourism Northern Ireland Tourism NI: "DfE - Tourism NI - Northern Ireland Tourism Industry Research". Published status: complete. Published Value: £155,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Tourism Northern Ireland Tourism NI](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/tourism-northern-ireland-tourism-ni-GB-FTS-148519)
- **Published Value:** £155,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 March 2025 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Customer survey services, Market and economic research; polling and statistics, Market research services, Public-opinion polling services, Survey design services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £155,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e6e2`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dfe-tourism-ni-northern-ireland-tourism-industry-research-ocds-h6vhtk-04e6e2#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etendersni.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetendersni.gov.uk%2Fepps)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dfe-tourism-ni-northern-ireland-tourism-industry-research-ocds-h6vhtk-04e6e2#participate

## Description
Tourism NI wish to appoint a Supplier to carry out a programme of industry research. As a core requirement Tourism NI envisage a minimum of one tourism barometer survey each year with a broadly representative sample of Northern Ireland’s tourism industry to provide an insight into year-to-date tourism performance and outlook for the remainder of the year. Additional be-spoke ad hoc industry surveys and research projects on a range of industry wide or sector specific topics may also be required including for example; evaluation surveys for industry support programmes and key Business to Business trade events, including business conferences surveys, These additional surveys and other projects, such as quick turnaround surveys and qualitative in-depth interviews/ industry focus groups will be ad-hoc, demand-led and budget dependent. The contract period will be fixed for 3 years with no optional extension. Please refer to tender documents for full details.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79310000, 79311000, 79311100, 79320000, 79342310
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £155,000
- **Description:** Tourism NI wish to appoint a Supplier to carry out a programme of industry research. As a core requirement Tourism NI envisage a minimum of one tourism barometer survey each year with a broadly representative sample of Northern Ireland’s tourism indu...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** DfE - Tourism NI - Northern Ireland Tourism Industry Research (active)
  - Award id: `022664-2025-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **COGNISENSE LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-86272`
  - Value: £155,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** DfE - Tourism NI - Northern Ireland Tourism Industry Research (active)
  - Signed Value: £155,000
  - Signed Date: 13/05/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022664-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-05-19T13:16:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T13:50:33.678Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e6e2