UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

The purpose of this contract is for the collection of BTA specific tourism questions during the IPS 2023 survey year.The IPS (International Passenger Survey) is a UK National Statistic. It is an annual survey managed by the Office for National Statistics.

Provision of finding a gift card supplier for electronic and physical gift cards, with bespoke/tailoring capability.

Provision of finding a gift card supplier for electronic and physical gift cards, with bespoke/tailoring capability.

Travel Management & Events and Venue Booking Services awarded via direct award under CCS Framework Agreement RM6164 Solution B

Floor space at the IBTM World exhibition to allow us to build a MeetEngland stand/platform. Providing a platform for English destinations and venues to connect with international buyers, which is a key part in the England Business Events strategy and value for the industry. The selected supplier is the the sole organiser of this event and no other providers have rights to allocate space to access the event. Contract awarded via Single Tender Action under Public Contracts Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) due to the absence of competition for technical reasons.

Domestic Sentiment Tracker to enable VisitEngland, VisitScotland and Visit Wales to continue tracking consumer sentiment in regards to the current cost of living crisis, overnight trip intentions of UK adults (UK and abroad), day trip intentions, business trip intentions. This procurement was undertaken through the CCS Research and Insights Dynamic Marketplace DPS (RM6126) following a further competition process. The contract is awarded for a total period of 1 year with the option to extend for up to a maximum of 3 further years. Total Awarded Value is maximum of all charges for the maximum length of the contract.

Reward Benchmarking Consultancy and Employee Value Proposition services. A direct award call off under the YPO Managing Consultancy and Professional Services - 940 framework agreement: https://www.ypo.co.uk//frameworks-home/900305#details

Reward Benchmarking Consultancy and Employee Value Proposition services. A direct award call off under the YPO Managing Consultancy and Professional Services - 940 framework agreement: https://www.ypo.co.uk//frameworks-home/900305#details

The Meeting Show is the UK's largest B2B trade show in business events. The event welcomes hosted buyers from across the UK and European business events market place. The contract will deliver the following activations: - VisitBritain partnership - Headline partner of TMS Pre-Show Conference. - VisitEngland ("MeetEngland") - Trade show partnership. Both these activations support our work in rebuilding international visitor value, the English visitor economy, and building our influence. Contract awarded via Single Tender Action under Public Contracts Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) due to the absence of competition for technical reasons.

The purpose of this contract is to receive the UK Nation Brands Index scores and ranks for 2023. The Anholt-Ipsos 2023 Nation Brands IndexSM (NBISM) is a unique proprietary survey and they are the sole supplier who can deliver the survey. On this basis, this contract is awarded as a Single Tender Action

The purpose of this contract is to receive the UK Nation Brands Index scores and ranks for 2023. The Anholt-Ipsos 2023 Nation Brands IndexSM (NBISM) is a unique proprietary survey and they are the sole supplier who can deliver the survey. On this basis, this contract is awarded as a Single Tender Action

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.

Contract for the provision of an eCommerce Warehouse Storage and Fulfillment Service. Contract awarded under a further competition via Crown Commercial Services RM6074 Logistics and Warehousing - Lot 2 Logistics - Warehousing and Storage framework agreement. Contract awarded for a 3 year period, with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months each.

Floor space at the IMEX America exhibition to allow us to build a MeetEngland stand/platform. Providing a platform for English destinations and venues to connect with international buyers, which is a key part in the England Business Events strategy and value for the industry. The selected supplier is the the sole organiser of this event and no other providers have rights to allocate space to access the event. Contract awarded via Single Tender Action under Public Contracts Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) due to the absence of competition for technical reasons.

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.

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.

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.

This contract will be used to cover all spend under a total £50k on the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram. On these platforms, VisitBritain content reaches a small audience, (Meta estimates organic reach to be under 5% of your audience), however by paying for content to be "boosted" to a larger audience this increases reach, engagement and therefore improves social media performance, which contributes to VisitBritain's ROI calculations. 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). A contract notice has also been published on FTS at the following link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027651-2023

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.