Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 8 Aug 2022, 12:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Revenue Based Gift Cards

Official notice

Authority: VisitBritain/VisitEngland

Services
Planned pipeline value£7,500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 5 Sept 2022from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

VisitBritain (VB) is looking at opportunities to grow the visitor economy through the creation of Gift Cards as a currency for consumers to purchase tourism products. In addition, we are looking to penetrate a new market for revenue generation through the sale of the Gift Cards in the B2B and corporate/incentives market.

CPV: Administrative services related to tourism affairs · Promotional services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This is a Prior Information Notice to commence market testing for the provision of a…Planned

This is a Prior Information Notice to commence market testing for the provision of a Revenue Based Gift Card supplier.<br/><br/>VB is looking for a Gift Card provider that offers a sale and redemption solution of Gift Card products for the tourism industry. <br/><br/>VB would sell and redeem the Gift Card (B2C) on its e-commerce site (VB Shop) and in addition, we are looking for a Gift Card provider to facilitate the sale and redemption of Gift Cards in the B2B space through its existing network of partnerships.<br/><br/>The VB Gift Card would have approximately 30-40 key attractions across the UK and be available as a minimum in the UK domestic market, and potentially in the international markets.<br/><br/>VB would like to sell the Gift Card through its VisitBritain shop online platform (B2C) and also would like the VB Gift Card to be sold to the corporate/incentives markets/shopping centres/3rd parties (B2B). <br/><br/>We would be interested in respondee’s views on the minimum contract period to ensure commercial viability, particularly with breakage.<br/><br/>The market should note that the estimated contract value cannot be quantified at this stage, therefore this estimated range for this 'concession' contract is £0.01 - £7,500,000. <br/><br/>To register your interest in this potential opportunity, and to participate in the Prior Information Market Testing, please register using the following link:<br/><br/>visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome ↗<br/><br/>Intererested suppliers MUST firstly complete and return the Mutual NDA. Upon completion, VB will provide these suppliers with access to VB shop financial information. Finally, interested suppliers must then complete & return the Market Testing Questionnaire no later than 16:00pm on Friday 19 August 2022 on via the Atamis eSourcing portal.

Delivery: London · London

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
8 Aug 2022, 12:37 BST
Last source update
8 Aug 2022, 12:37 BST
Authority reference
BTA1742
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-021718
Classification (CPV)
Administrative services related to tourism affairsPromotional services
Delivery area
London (UKI3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0359c7 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
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Timeline

8 Aug 2022 → 5 Sept 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    8 Aug 2022, 12:37 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    5 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

VisitBritain/VisitEngland

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawTourism 3 Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria, London, London, SW1W 0BDContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.