Official UK procurement notice
Events Data Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: VisitScotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionVisitScotland is looking for a supplier of accurate, and regularly available events content to support its information provision objectives to enable it to best promote Scotland as an attractive visitor destination. In addition, VisitScotland seeks to enrich insight produced to understand events sector to provide a robust, consolidated dataset covering Scotland’s events landscape.
- Recurrence: February 2030
CPV: Advertising services · Event services · Market and economic research; polling and statistics
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£74,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
VS may seek a Parent Company Guarantee if available.
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VS may carry out independent Financial Credit checks on your organisation. The checks undertaken shall provide VS with information on your organisation’s risk rating.
It shall be at VS discretion whether we deem the risk to be unacceptable and therefore may exclude your organisation from being taken any further in the Procurement process.
VS also reserve the right to request further information, if no information can be found within the Credit rating system, or the information is incomplete.
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SPD Question 4B.5.1 – It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance in accordance with any legal obligation for the time
being in force = 5,000,000(GBP)
Public Liability Insurance = 2,000,000(GBP) for any one incident and unlimited in total
Professional Liability insurance= 2,000,000(GBP) for any one incident and unlimited in total
Please add details of any other relevant insurance policies you may have, along with the level of cover held.
- Technical & professional ability
SPD Question 4C.1.2 – Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies.
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Bidders are required to provide 3 recent case studies detailing their experience of successfully delivering projects of similar nature and value within last 6 years (to include client contact and contract type).
Case studies should (where possible) also include client name/telephone/ e -mail address information, dates and contract values. VS will have discretion to choose from the list, and thereafter obtain at least two references from the bidder’s client base.
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Bidders must demonstrate they have relevant experience of delivering similar secure, data driven services for destination marketing organisation or comparable public sector bodies.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · February 2030
- First published
- 10 Feb 2026, 08:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Mar 2026, 14:14 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Mar 2026 – …
- Authority reference
VSEH25036- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021358- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064bd0Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic payment
Publisher note: Question 2A.17 – Form of Participation (Notably as part of a group, consortium, joint venture or similar) Any contract will be entered into with the nominated lead organisation and all members of the consortium, who will in these circumstances each be required to execute said contract together with all ancillary documentation, evidencing their joint and several liabilities in respect of the obligations and liabilities of the contract. It will be for members of the consortium to sort out their respective duties and liabilities amongst each other. For administrative purposes, any associated documentation will be sent to the nominated lead organisation. Question 2D.1.2 – If a substantial proportion of the work would go to a subcontractor, we may ask for a completed SPD form for those subcontractors (only Sections A and B of Part II and Part III will be requested). We will advise bidders if we require this information prior to the subcontractor commencing work on the contract. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=817404. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:817404) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=817404
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 18 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
10 Mar 2026 → 18 Mar 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published226 days ago10 Mar 2026, 14:14 GMT
- Bids opened225 days ago11 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline218 days ago18 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Deadline moved to 18 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT10 Mar 2026, 14:14 GMT+7 days · was 11 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 11 Mar 2026 | 18 Mar 2026 | +7 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 11 Mar 2026 | 18 Mar 2026 | +7 d |
No bids received hence extending the deadline
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court (Edinburgh)Review body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.