UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

This procurement seeks to outsource the affiliate platform to improve the reach, technology and revenue opportunities for Visit Britain online shop.

VisitBritain Business Events is looking for an educational partner to work on a dedicated 'Shape the Future of Events' educational series for our destination management organisations (DMOs). The focus of the series is on how to integrate positive impact into business events working in partnership with regional stakeholders and organisers. The 'Shape the Future of Events' educational series aims to (1) develop deeper tactics to embed sustainability into destination strategies in hosting business events and improve sustainability performance; (2) support DMOs to identify, articulate, plan and measure economic, social, economic benefits of business events to demonstrate positive impact and legacy; (3) develop stronger awareness of successful communication strategies, showcasing positive impact; (4) establish common frameworks; (5) encourage collaboration and best practice. To register for this opportunity and access the tender documentation free of charge, please use the following link: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome

VisitBritain/VisitEngland seeks a Tenderers from suitably qualified and experienced bidders to undertake a quality assurance assessments of tourism businesses that deliver frontline business support on a one-to-one basis in England for and on behalf of the national tourist board. In addition to the assessment of establishments within the star-rated and accredited tourist accommodation schemes, this licenced contract opportunity also includes responsibility for the management of the non-accommodation schemes, including visitor attractions. The incumbent supplier has indicated that it considers that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 will apply should the contract be awarded to a different supplier. This means that there will be a transfer of staff - believed to be no more than 2 - 4 unless agreed otherwise. Confidential TUPE Information will be made available to individual bidders upon receiving a message request via the Atamis e-Procurement system. Interested suppliers must complete the online Standard Selection Questionnaire (SSQ) which can be accessed via Atamis e-Procurement system. https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome. Tenderers must complete the SSQ and return their completed Tender response documentation no later than 12:00pm on 8 September 2022. The successful Tenderer will be awarded a contract for 3 years, with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months each. The estimated value of this concession contract is based on the estimated total turnover of the 'concessionaire' generated over the duration of the contract (including option years), net of VAT.

VisitBritain/VisitEngland seeks a Tenderers from suitably qualified and experienced bidders to undertake a quality assurance assessments of tourism businesses that deliver frontline business support on a one-to-one basis in England for and on behalf of the national tourist board.

VisitBritain is seeking a major metasearch / online travel marketplace partner in the APMEA region to work with over the next twelve months to assist in promoting holidays into London and key regional cities across Britain.

VisitBritain are seeking to procure a collaboration with a suitably capable airline carrier covering European locations including France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Netherlands to work with, from September 2022 - March 2023 to encourage European consumers to travel to Britain.<br/><br/>The activity will have a 360 degree marketing approach, encompassing everything from specific tactical campaigns, which have impact at every stage of the consumer journey, from inspiration through to consideration, planning, booking and advocacy. The airline partner should also have the capability to create and package new British tourism products, based on VisitBritain priorities. This activity must align with VisitBritain’s global brand campaign and this will be visible at every consumer touchpoint.<br/><br/>The investment required must be up to £614,336 from the European Airline Partner for the contract period. It is BTA’s ambition that we match fund this investment.

This opportunity is being advertised in FTS and Contracts Finder as an above-threshold Light Touch Regime process guidance, for services under category 'Social and Other Specific Services - UK - Administrative services related to Tourism Affairs'. It was originally notified by means of a prior information notice entitled 'Administrative Services Related to Tourism Affairs' (Tenders Electronic Daily ref 273606-2015) dated 30 July 2015. This Invitation to Tender, along with all other tender documentation, is being made available without restriction and with full direct access free of charge from the date of publication in the FTS tender notice. It is available via VisitBritain's free-to-register Atamis eProcurement platform: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome Please note that registration into VisitBritain's Commercial Partnerships Dynamic Partner Register (DPR, accessible at: https://www.visitbritain.org/cooperative-partnership-registration) is mandatory to all interested bidders, as is the completion of the qualifying questionnaire in the DPR platform. Tenderers who do not pass this qualifying questionnaire will receive an 'Unsuccessful' electronic letter (email) advising them of the rationale and their scores and of the disqualification from the tender process.

VisitBritain plans to host a full-scale India Sales Mission titled Destination Britain India 2023 (DB India) during 16 to 18 January 2023. This Tender is for a company to provide the event management services to support this event, together future events in India during the contract period. To register for this opportunity and access the tender documentation free of charge, please use the following link: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome

Travel Management Company Services for the Destination Britain India 2023 Event. o book, manage & service travel for delegates attending the event, this includes UK tourism businesses & India based tour operators & travel agents responsible for selling Britain to clients. Duration of DB-India will be for 3 days & scope of work requires the Travel Company to contract the venue where the event will be hosted along with arrange travel for participating delegates based in India. To register for this opportunity and access the tender documentation free of charge, please use the following link: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome

The scope of this procurement relates to the BTA (VisitBritain) section of the scheme only and covers independent pension advice to assist BTA in managing its obligations as an employer, having a collaborative relationship with the Trustees of the scheme, ensuring the scheme has an appropriate investment strategy in order to minimise the risk of deficit contributions and the calculations for the employer IAS19 accounting disclosures. Registration and full access to the Tender documentation can be accessed using the following link: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome Interested bidders should note that they are required to complete and return the Confidentiality of Undertaking form included the the Invitation to Tender document to request access to the confidential documents to help them submit their Tender Response. The completed Confidentiality of Undertaking form must be submitted via a message in the Atamis eSourcing platform.

The scope of this procurement relates to the BTA (VisitBritain) section of the scheme only and covers independent pension advice to assist BTA in managing its obligations as an employer, having a collaborative relationship with the Trustees of the scheme, ensuring the scheme has an appropriate investment strategy in order to minimise the risk of deficit contributions and the calculations for the employer IAS19 accounting disclosures.

Accessible Tourism Industry Toolkits: VisitEngland has a longstanding accessibility work programme providing direction & support to businesses and destinations. This requirement covers 3 Lots as identified in the ITT documentation and summarised below. Lot 1 - Toolkit for Businesses: To develop a best-in-class holistic toolkit for suppliers encompassing National Accessible Tourism Standards. Lot 2 - Toolkit for Destinations: To develop a best-in-class holistic toolkit for destination managers encompassing an Accessible Tourism Itinerary toolkit. Lot 3 - Accessibility Features Question Set: develop a top accessibility features question set for adoption by websites that list tourism products. To register for this opportunity and access the tender documentation free of charge, please use the following link: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome

VisitBritain's mission is to make tourism one of the most successful and productive sectors for the UK economy. One of the main facilitators for this is to actively encourage overseas visitors to holiday in Great Britain. Our role is to drive ongoing tourism recovery and growth out of the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, by building back visitor spend as quickly as possible and supporting the industry. Showcase Britain seeks to support this by hosting senior overseas travel trade buyers from key markets, to a welcome event in London followed by market specific familiarisation trips, across the regions in England, Scotland and Wales. VisitBritain invites bids for the planning and delivery of familiarisation trips, for one or more markets. All procurement documents can be accessed via Atamis e-Procurement system. https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome.

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.

VisitBritain / VisitEngland require a supplier to provide scripting, translation, fieldwork management (not sampling), data processing and reporting (we will only require tabulated data in addition to the raw data) for surveys that will be written and analysed in-house by VisitBritain / VisitEngland. For access to the procurement documentation free of charge, and to register for this procurement opportunity please follow this link: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome

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. The global pandemic of the past two years has put a halt on VisitBritain's ability to safely run UK travel industry events in India. Seen as an important tool to showcase all that the UK has to offer to overseas buyers namely outbound travel agents & tour operators in India, VisitBritain plan to run a full-scale India Sales Mission titled Destination Britain India 2023 (DB India) during 19 to 21 November 2023. For access to the procurement documentation free of charge, and to register for this procurement opportunity please follow this link: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome

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. In November 2023 VisitBritain is hosting around 60 top tour operators and media guests from China and Hong Kong specially selected by its team in market. These guests will take part in VisitBritain's annual industry event, Destination Britain China from 22 - 24 November 2023, where they will meet and do business with around 40 British tourism suppliers and destinations. VisitBritain invites tenders for an Events Management Company for the planning and delivery of Destination Britain-China 2023 being held in China in November 2023. For access to the procurement documentation free of charge, and to register for this procurement opportunity please follow this link: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome

VisitBritain is looking for a destination to host the first VisitBritain Business Events Association Conference, taking place on 6th - 7th February 2024. This event has been designed to give nations and city representatives an invaluable opportunity to connect with senior and qualified association buyers to showcase the very best of the UK's business events sector. This sustainable and inclusive event will not only increase your visibility and awareness amongst British and international association members visiting your destination and venues, but it will also create a foundation for relationship development and future business benefit - an opportunity for sharing, learning and collaboration. For access to the procurement documentation free of charge, and to register for this procurement opportunity please follow this link: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome

VisitBritain's (VB) Commercial Partnerships Team has the responsibility for creating commercial partnerships between VB and third party suppliers (or partners) for mutual benefit. In these commercial partnerships, the association of both brands generates a specific financial, or other advantage, which is applied for the benefit of both parties. In some cases, VB will match on a 50% : 50% basis the funding provided by the third party supplier (partner) to enhance the scope of the commercial arrangement, which results in added value benefits for all. The Commercial Partnerships Team has used a Dynamic Partner Register (DPR) to manage and award agreements to third party suppliers (partners). VB are now seeking to replace the DPR established in 2015 with a new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Commercial Partnerships & Related Services. VB intends to set up the DPS for a period of 24 months, with any Call Off Agreement awarded under the DPS not exceeding beyond 24 months of the DPS closing date. This DPS is being procured under the Light Touch Regime (LTR), and will subject to limited regulations, in accordance with Regulations 74-76 PCR2015. The DPS will be structured according to the following six (6) Lots: • Lot 1 - Carriers (Airlines, Ferries, Trains, Roads) • Lot 2 - Intermediaries (Online Travel Agencies, Metasearch, Tour Operators & Wholesalers • Lot 3 - Accommodation • Lot 4 - Product (attractions, experiences, airports) • Lot 5 - Brands • Lot 6 - Inbound Operators and/or Destination Management Companies (DMCs) Lot 6 Services are considered to be 'Related Services' for Commercial Partnerships. Accordingly, these services are not subject to 50% : 50% match funding requirements. Suppliers are invited to complete an online Selection Questionnaire (SQ) Submission to join one, all or any of the Lot(s) they are interested in being appointed to. Suppliers are free to join the DPS at any time up to the DPS closing date of 23:59 on 10 September 2025. Further details on how to access this opportunity and access the procurement documentation unrestricted and free of charge can be found on the published FTS Contract Notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023729-2023

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. The global pandemic of the past two years has put a halt on VisitBritain's ability to safely run UK travel industry events in India. Seen as an important tool to showcase all that the UK has to offer to overseas outbound travel agents & tour operators in India, VisitBritain plan to run destination roadshows across 6 major cities in India between September 2023 to March 2024. Overall objective for VisitBritain is to grow destination awareness & knowledge of regional & seasonal product amongst travel agents & tour operators based in 6 biggest source markets for visitors to the UK from India. VisitBritain plans to appoint the services of an Event Management Company for management & on-ground support for all physical roadshows. Specific event brief for each individual event will be provided prior to each event. Interested suppliers can access the procurement documentation for this opportunity free of charge via the Atamis eprocurement system: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome If you have recently registered on the Atamis eProcurement portal for another VisitBritain requirement, you can use the same account. If not, you will first need to register your organisation on the portal. To register, you will need to: 1. Go to the URL: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome 2. Select 'Click here to register!' 3. Read and agree to the portal user agreement 4. Complete the registration form, providing information including: - The full legal name of your organisation, - Your company registration number, - Your DUNS number-a unique nine-digit number provided to organisations free of charge by Dun & Bradstreet. - Whether your organisation is a Small -Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) - User and contact details.