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GMCA 814 - Contract for the Provision of (1)Greater Manchester International Rebound Programme 2022-23; and (2) MM Business Plan 2023-24

Market and economic research; polling and statistics
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Greater Manchester Combined Authority: "GMCA 814 - Contract for the Provision of (1)Greater Manchester International Rebound Programme 2022-23; and (2) MM Business Plan 2023-24". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityGreater Manchester Combined AuthorityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Greater Manchester Combined Authority. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
2.7Bids / Report
25% of reports have one bid
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Coverage: 29 active published awards; 28 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityGreater Manchester Combined Authority
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
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Legal basisNot published
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Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
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Published29 Sept 2023, 10:44 BST
Last source update29 Sept 2023, 10:44 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMarket and economic research; polling and statistics
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-040680
What is being bought
Provision of strategic expertise and tactical delivery of marketing and communications activity to raise the profile of Greater Manchester on a regional, national and international basis.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Sept 2023, 10:44 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    29 Sept 2023, 10:44 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    29 Sept 2023, 10:44 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The overarching objective of this programme of work is for Marketing Manchester to provide strategic expertise and tactical delivery of marketing and communications activity to raise the profile of Greater Manchester on a regional, national and international basis. The aims are to increase the number of visits, inward investment, business conferences and sporting events, to deliver against the ambitions of the Greater Manchester Strategy to be a prosperous, greener and fairer city region. Specific KPIs are set out below. Marketing Manchester will: • Develop a strategic, tactical and evidence-based approach to raising the profile of Greater Manchester as a visitor destination, to regional, national and international audiences, to achieve annual KPI’s, Including the management and delivery of visitmanchester.com • Raise 100% match funding to support delivery of campaign activity. • Deliver an average return on investment of funding of 16:1. • Support the recovery of the visitor economy, from the impacts of Brexit and the Covid 19 Pandemic • Increase demand in the ‘off peak’, increase overnight staying visitors and increase day visitors. • Enhanced promotion of GMS frontier sectors and enhance delivery capacity by adding new dedicated resource to focus on growth in Low Carbon, Creative Industries and Capital Investment. • Delivery of tactical campaigns including digital and social activity to drive visits to visitmanchester.com and investinmanchester.com • National and International media engagement programme to raise the global profile of Greater Manchester’s USP’s. • Provide quarterly performance reports to GMCA through the International and Marketing Advisory Board (IMAB), GM Business & Economy Scrutiny Committees and other Boards as required
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    29 Sept 2023, 10:44 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 22 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST · £1,756,750
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Marketing Manchester
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£1,756,750 · signed 22 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Contracting authority GB-FTS-531
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  • Greater Manchester Combined Authority
    buyer

    Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters, 146 Bolton Road, Swinton, Salford, UK, M27 8US
    procurement@manchesterfire.gov.uk
    +44 1616084120

  • Marketing Manchester
    supplier

    Lee House, 90 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, UK

  • Royal Court of Justice
    reviewBody

    London, WC2A 2LL
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Procedure rationaleThe supplier is uniquely able to deliver this contract as the only overarching Destination Management Organisation for Greater Manchester and the city region’s only Local designated Visitor Economy Partnership. This is further detailed below: • The Supplier was incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee on the 30 April 1996 with the following company objects: (i) To promote the economic benefits of Greater Manchester and its surrounding regions (“the Area”). (ii) To create and develop a widely accepted marketing image for the Area. (iii) To co-ordinate and integrate marketing on behalf of the Area across the public and private sector. (iv) To create partnerships and appropriate methods of communications in furtherance of these objects. • Marketing Manchester (supplier) was incorporated by the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities to lead the vision and strategy for the promotion and brand positioning of Greater Manchester as a top world-ranked place to visit, invest, meet, live and study. Marketing Manchester is a Local Visitor Economy Partnership, leading the visitor economy, attracting businesses and inward investment and supporting Greater Manchester’s Business Board. Marketing Manchester has a strategic objective to amplify GM’s shared global ambition, attracting business, investment and talent from across the world. • In April 2023, VisitEngland the national lead for Visitor Economy, awarded Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP) status to Marketing Manchester. This was as a result of Marketing Manchester’s 25 year record of delivering economic benefit to Greater Manchester and leading the visitor economy. Marketing Manchester is the only LVEP for Greater Manchester. • The supplier is the only Destination Management Organisation (DMO) for Greater Manchester. A destination Management Organisation leads on engaging with complex stakeholders across private sector and public sector, including; Local Authorities, Visitor Economy and Frontier Sector private businesses, working with these stakeholders to drive growth across Greater Manchester. • The marketing agency that supports Manchester Investment and Development Agency Service Limited (“MIDAS”), Manchester’s inward investment agency, in the delivery of promotion focusing on GM Frontier Sectors. This includes delivery of digital, innovation and green campaigns and supporting international business development activity and missions.