Official UK procurement notice
Host Venue for VisitScotland Connect 2026 & 2027 Workshops
Authority: VisitScotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement is for a host venue for the VisitScotland Connect 2026 and 2027 workshops within the Central belt and South of Scotland area.
VisitScotland Connect is VisitScotland’s travel trade workshop event that offers the perfect opportunity for all companies with a Scottish tourism product or service to showcase to prospective and regular buyers. The event is open to businesses from all sectors of the Scottish tourism industry and leisure buyers from all corners of the globe.
- Recurrence: January 2025
CPV: Event services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This procurement is for a host venue for the VisitScotland Connect 2024 and 2025…AwardedPublished value£553,000
This procurement is for a host venue for the VisitScotland Connect 2024 and 2025 workshops within the Central belt and South of Scotland area.
VisitScotland Connect is VisitScotland’s travel trade workshop event that offers the perfect opportunity for all companies with a Scottish tourism product or service to showcase to prospective and regular buyers. The event is open to businesses from all sectors of the Scottish tourism industry and leisure buyers from all corners of the globe.
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)
- Quality Criterion: Technical: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Criterion: Technical: 60
- Price: 40
- Technical & professional ability
See section 2.1.2 Pass/Fail Criteria for minimum requirements of the Invitation to Tender.
- 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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · January 2025
- First published
- 12 Jul 2024, 13:21 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Dec 2025, 13:41 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Aug 2024 – …
- Authority reference
VSEH24011- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085851- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047d00Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. (SC Ref:819385)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
12 Aug 2024 → 23 Dec 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published303 days ago23 Dec 2025, 13:41 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Dec 2025, 13:41 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC LtdSME | £447,937 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 085851-2025-VSEH24011-1 · SEC LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 Nov 2024
- Value
- £447,937
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SEC LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.