Official UK procurement notice
West Midlands Visitor Pass Distribution Partner
Authority: WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe West Midlands Growth Company has a requirement to establish an agreement with one supplier to provide sales, distribution, and marketing services for the Birmingham and West Midlands Pass on a commission only / concession basis.
The Birmingham and West Midlands Pass offers visitors a bundled package of discounts to popular attractions, activities, experiences, bars, restaurants and transportation options.
It is a digital, mobile-friendly solution that gives admission to visitors to multiple attractions with a single ticket, with live data feeds directly into attractions. The pass is available for a fixed period (1 day, 2-day, and 3-day).
The Birmingham and West Midlands Pass is now live and available for customers to purchase from birminghamandwestmidlandspass.com .
To maximise sales of the pass, we need to build a distribution network internationally that includes third-party sellers (OTAs), affiliates (which include local resellers), and content/media/influencers.
By partnering with an expert pass distributor, they can manage this process with the publishers (including the management of the software, financing, and relationships).
We are seeking to contract with one supplier to give us immediate access to this network and to provide the sales, distribution and marketing services required to maximise the benefit, for both parties, in securing additional sales though these routes.
The contract will run for an initial period of 9 months with the option to extend the agreement for a further 12 months, subject to ongoing requirements and satisfactory performance
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Direct marketing services · Marketing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£55,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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).
Lot awarding rule: Award criteria can be found in the full tender documentation
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 2 May 2025, 15:53 BST
- Last source update
- 2 May 2025, 16:33 BST
- Authority reference
2025-WMGC-0505- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018870- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050c8bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
2 May 2025 → 30 Jun 2025 · 3 dates- Tender notice published2 May 2025, 15:53 BST
- Submission deadline28 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Contract starts30 Jun 2025
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 May 2025- Tender notice published2 May 2025, 15:53 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published2 May 2025, 16:33 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 28 May 2025, 13:00 BST2 May 2025, 16:33 BST+5 days · was 23 May 2025, 13:00 BST
Published amendments (1)
Returns date changed to correct date 28th May 2025 @ 12 noon
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Interested suppliers are able to download all of the relevant tender documentation from our e-procurement supplier portal, Intend. Link as provided.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender