UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

VisitBritain/VisitEngland is the national tourist board, with a role of boosting Britain's appeal as a tourism destination, improving its ranking in the eyes of international leisure and business travellers and growing the value of the tourism economy by working in partnership with the industry and delivering inspirational marketing campaigns, driving visits and spend across the nations and regions of Britain. VisitBritain is responsible for marketing Britain worldwide and developing Britain's visitor economy and we work in partnership with the UK Government and other tourism bodies along with industry organisations both in the UK and overseas to market Britain in an inspirational and effective way. We work with the international travel trade and intermediaries to ensure that customers can easily book regional destinations. This activity features a programme of exhibitions and events, including our Destination Britain missions which are held in a number of key locations around the world where we take UK tourism suppliers and destination to markets to meet and do business with local buyers and suppliers. VisitBritain invited tenders for an Events Management Companies for the planning and delivery of Destination Britain-China 2023 being held in China in November 2023.

The British Tourist Authority (BTA) t/a VisitBritain currently operates in India through a wholly owned subsidiary, Visit Britain Services India Private Limited (VBSIPL). This subsidiary provides cash collection services on behalf of BTA, employs staff based in India as well as undertakes marketing activities on behalf of BTA.

Desk and Room Booking System G-Cloud 13 call-off contract, Crown Commercial Service Framework Reference RM1557.13

The contract is to design a Teams/SharePoint/Onedrive environment and then migrate files (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc.) into this and train people to use the new system.

Microsoft Azure Cloud configuration and Migration contract using Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 13 Framework Agreement, Lot 3 Cloud Support

The IPS (International Passenger Survey) is a UK National Statistic. It is an annual survey managed by the ONS (Office for National Statistics). The contract will allow for the set up of the BTA specific questions into the survey administration tool, administering the questions to respondents, process the data and deliver results to VisitBritain. Contract awarded via Single Tender Action under Public Contracts Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) due to the absence of competition for technical reasons as approved by VisitBritain and DCMS (Sponsor Organisation).

Project management software to support PMO Team. Using Crown Commercial Services' Framework G-Cloud 13, RM1557.13

Service Desk outsource replacement. Route to market Framework Further Competition. CCS Technology Services 3. RM6100.

National and International BTA Brand Tracker Research services including survey, analysis and reporting. Invited suppliers on the CCS RM6126 Dynamic Purchasing System

Global PR evaluation which captures in market editorial coverage and analyses that coverage against our global PR KPIs - coverage within target media outlet. Open tender publicly advertised on the Governments Contracts Finder and Find-a-Tender Services (FTS) websites.

Media Monitoring and media database. Contract value for our Global PR evaluation supplier, Intrado. Intrado takes a feed from local media monitoring agencies which capture in market editorial coverage and analyses that coverage against our global PR KPIs Further Competition for invited suppliers under the Crown Commercial Services RM6126 Research & Insights Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).

VisitEngland is establishing a national network of strategic and high-performing Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (LVEPs) by accrediting existing Destination Management Organisations (DMOs). Route to Market was done via Open Tender.

Exhibition Stand Design Build & Support Services supplier for ITB Berlin event. Route to Market was done via Open Tender.

Exhibition Stand Design Build & Support Services supplier for ITB Berlin event. Route to Market was done via Open Tender.

VisitBritain Business Events team works in partnership across the nations with VisitEngland, Visit Wales, VisitScotland to support business development and promotion in this sector. Each team are responsible for supporting associations, corporations, trade show organisers and meeting planners to host successful international business events in Britain offering professional and impartial support.Alongside business development and promotion, the team work in partnership to progress work in key transformational areas influencing the industry, such as environmental and social sustainability, developing legacy and positive impact models, conducting research and insights reports. Further Competition under the Crown Commercial Services RM6126 Research & Insights Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).

As the national tourism agency, VisitBritain / VisitEngland works to raise Britain's profile, increase the volume and value of tourism exports and develop England's visitor economy, working with organisations of all sizes and specialities. VisitBritain is obliged to report to government the impact of its activities. The outputs of the annual B2B evaluation are used in VisitBritain's reporting to government, and the findings are used to inform evidenced based decision making at VisitBritain. The objective of the evaluation is: To determine additional spend generated by tourists who came to Britain as a result of VisitBritain activity with the travel trade. To provide evidence to demonstrate how effective and efficient we are in delivering our B2B activities. To optimise our activity and make recommendations for future planning Further Competition under the Crown Commercial Services RM6126 Research & Insights Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).

Crown Commercial Services Aggregation Further competition NFC193 using Framework Agreement RM6098, Technology Products & Associated Service 2, Call-off Lot 3 Software for Microsoft Licences and azure services.

Crown Commercial Services Aggregation Further competition NFC193 using Framework Agreement RM6098, Technology Products & Associated Service 2, Call-off Lot 3 Software for Microsoft Licences and azure services.

Search engine optimisation (SEO) for the VisitBritain and VisitEngland websites, with the objectives of increasing VisitBritain/VisitEngland's visibility and organic and paid traffic across search engines. The main remit will be to deliver across B2C, B2B, Corporate, and Commercial VisitBritain/ VisitEngland websites as and when required.