Official UK procurement notice
RBGKEW1471 - Face to face membership sales services
Authority: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are looking to procure a supplier to initiate and close membership sales to prospective members face-to-face, on site at Kew Gardens. RBG, Kew has a successful membership scheme with over 100,000 members on around 80,000 memberships. This is made up of around 20,000 new sales and 60,000 renewals each year. We have ambitious plans to double our membership over the coming five years and we are seeking a partnership with a face-to-face membership sales agency to support this ambition.
We have an existing contract in place for this service, and our current contract for this service delivers up to 10% of our annual sales. We are seeking a supplier who can support us to grow this in line with our ambitious plans
Kew Gardens is a popular destination in South West London, currently the 13th most popular visitor attraction in the UK, and the #1 paid outdoor attraction, drawing almost 2 million visitors annually. We have huge potential to convert these visitors to members, and we are seeking a professional, experienced supplier to deliver this membership conversion. Secondary to membership sales, we expect the supplier to also deliver membership upgrades and renewals to existing members.
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CPV: Membership organisation services · Promotional services · Recruitment services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 21 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- Authority reference
RBGKEW1471- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050629- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058c5dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
21 Aug 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published21 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- Market engagement29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Internal desk based research being conducted to understand the market and draw up a list of potential suppliers.
Contact with suppliers that have previously applied for similar contracts with RBG Kew to gauge interest in the contract opportunity.
If any other Suppliers are interested in this opportunity please email [email protected] to let us know and we will then inform you when the opportunity is live.
- Tender notice expected4 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts207 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 Aug 2025, 16:06 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender