Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Revenue Based Gift Cards
Authority: VisitBritain/VisitEngland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionVisitBritain (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 publishedLot #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.
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0359c7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeTender 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- Notice published8 Aug 2022, 12:37 BST
- Tender notice expected5 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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