Official UK procurement notice
National Quality Assessment Scheme
Authority: VisitBritain/VisitEngland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionVisitBritain/VisitEngland seeks a suitably qualified and experienced bidder to undertake a quality assurance assessments of tourism businesses that deliver frontline business support on a one-to-one basis in England for and on behalf of the national tourist board.
CPV: Administrative services related to tourism affairs
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£7,500,000
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).
- Price
- Quality
Tender provided the overall economic advantage for the BTA.
- Suitability
As stated in the procurement documentation.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure with 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
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 9 Aug 2022, 17:42 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Jan 2023, 16:08 GMT
- Authority reference
BTA1707- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000086- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035a63Find a Tender
- Performance terms
As stated in the procurement documentation.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 8 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 Sept 2022 → 3 Jan 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline8 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts5 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published3 Jan 2023, 16:08 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Jan 2023- Published value published: £1,000,0003 Jan 2023, 16:08 GMT
- Status changed to complete3 Jan 2023, 16:08 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Media Limited | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000086-2023-1 · AA Media Limited
- Signed
- 1 Dec 2022
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AA Media LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria