UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Please note this is not a contract opportunity at this stage The purpose of this exercise is to identify potential providers who are capable of providing this type of research consultancy support, to gauge interest in a potential future procurement process to establish a consultancy framework agreement with a specific lot dedicated to Research-Public Sector Relocation and for potential providers to provide indicative costings, standard daily / hourly rates for their services. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

WMGC requires an external agency or consultancy to support with a 15-month programme of communications campaigns to support its overarching objective of Enhancing the Profile and Reputation of the Region, in order to drive inward investment and inbound tourism to the West Midlands. The communications programme will run from January 2024 – March 2025.Campaign delivery will broadly consist of narrative development, thought leadership/byline curation and press release creation, and is therefore content-generation-led. Although an understanding of the media landscape is welcome and advantageous, there is not an expectation that campaign activity will include ‘aways on’ direct media relations. The campaign series will predominantly focus on inward investment and capital investment focused activity across nine mini campaigns, with a further three mini campaigns focused on visitor economy themes. The communications programme will build on the unprecedented exposure generated surrounding t

WMGC are seeking to appoint a Tourism Consultant/Specialist who has extensive experience of working within the travel trade sector and has significant experience of supporting businesses to get product ready for market and can advise attractions, experiences, and accommodation providers (and any other relevant tourism businesses) on the best route to market / B2B distribution networks for their business. The Travel Trade Consultant will work alongside WMGC's Travel Trade Manager to: o Work with visitor, cultural and sporting attractions, experiences and accommodation providers across the West Midlands to support them in becoming 'export ready' - which includes helping them to shape and develop new product with knowledge of the target market in mind. o Support businesses in distributing their product through appropriate B2C channels, such as Tourism Exchange Great Britain (TXGB). o Be available to support the Travel Trade manager in educating tour operators/travel buyers of West Midlands destinations & products within our key target markets. o Support the development of new travel trade ready themed itineraries, new sales collateral and the creation of sales and training decks, to showcase the region in visual and copy format. o Lead generation and operational support in arranging and delivering travel trade buyers/operators FAM visits to the West Midlands. o Propose and lead on travel trade press/ articles and trade press visits Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The purpose of this procurement process is to appoint an organisation who can provide stand design and build services (including AV) prior to and during the West Midlands' attendance at UKREiiF 2024. The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) will be coordinating the West Midlands presence at UKREiiF 2024. UKREiiF is the UK's real estate investment and infrastructure forum. It is a four-day real estate event that was established in 2022, defying expectations, attracting thousands of domestic and international developers, investors, councils and built environment thought leaders. Its aim is to connect people, places and businesses to accelerate and unlock sustainable, inclusive and transformational investment. Supported by a high number of regional combined authorities, local councils and Government departments - as well as the largest developers and investors from across the UK and internationally - this event will gather all the key players, influencers and decision makers within the investment and real estate markets to highlight investment and development opportunities, whilst connecting and facilitating new relationships to drive economic growth through development and regeneration. UKREiiF is a fast-growing show within its industry and the projections for 2024 are: 10,000 event attendees 2,500 fringe event attendees 150 exhibitors 250 local authorities attending 1,500 investors attending 1,500 developers attending In 2024 the event will run from 21 - 24 May and be held at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. For additional information regarding UKREiiF please visit www.ukreiif.com Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

We require the appointment of a sole supplier who can provide a recognisable green accreditation scheme that specialises in sustainable tourism. There are a number of reputable green accreditation certification schemes which assess tourism and hospitality businesses for their sustainable practice and award relevant marque which helps to improve business practice and guides visitors / trade to the quality of the business they choose. Any business that has a 'green' label will have implemented initiatives across its business that contribute a significant benefit to the environment and to responsible tourism. The businesses that the supplier will work with include accommodation providers, attractions, events venues and DMOs. Currently, across the West Midlands, there are fewer than 30 businesses in the Visitor Economy that have a recognised green accreditation. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) helps to create new jobs, expand existing businesses and attract new businesses and investment to the region, aligned to the ambitions set out in the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Strategic Economic Plan. The WMGC has been established in partnership with Local Enterprise Partnerships, local authorities, Growth Hubs, universities and a wide range of businesses across the private sector. It focuses its seven local authorities: Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Solihull, Walsall, Sandwell and Dudley. The WMGC is owned by the WMCA and its Constituent Members, with governance that heavily involves the private sector in the majority. Its core WMCA and local authority funding will be used to attract significant additional funding from the private sector and other sources, such as future Devolution Deals. WMGC is part of the Local Organising Committee for the SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit 2024, delivering alongside Birmingham City Council and other local stakeholders as part of a Host City contract. As part of the contract for being SportAccord 2024's Host City, we can take a presence within the exhibition area of the event. To deliver this, we require an exhibition stand supplier to provide stand design and build services on the space allocated for us. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

On the back of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and the Business an Tourism Programme, with strong economic fundamentals in place, the West Midlands has a unique opportunity to establish itself as truly globally competitive in the coming years. Global West Midlands – the West Midlands Growth Company’s business plan for July 2023 – March 25 – sets out how we propose to utilise our key functional areas of inward investment, capital attraction, the visitor economy and strategic relationship management to address regional challenges and capitalise on our opportunities, delivering the Plan for Growth and levelling up the region:The strategic objectives for the visitor economy through the Global West Midlands programme are to:• Enhance the profile and reputation of the region• Create and sustain vibrant destinationsThe appointed supplier(s) will take on the role of West Midlands Growth Company’s strategic partner and marketing agency to deliver campaigns and assets.

On the back of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and the Business & Tourism Programme, with strong economic fundamentals in place, the West Midlands has a unique opportunity to establish itself as truly globally competitive in the coming years. Global West Midlands - the West Midlands Growth Company's business plan for July 2023 - March 25 - sets out how we propose to utilise our key functional areas of inward investment, capital attraction, the visitor economy and strategic relationship management to address regional challenges and capitalise on our opportunities, delivering the Plan for Growth and levelling up the region: The strategic objectives for the visitor economy through the Global West Midlands programme are to: o Enhance the profile & reputation of the region o Create & sustain vibrant destinations The appointed supplier(s) will take on the role of West Midlands Growth Company's strategic partner and marketing agency to deliver campaigns and assets for Visitor Economy in the following LOTs; o Domestic marketing campaign (LOT 1) o International marketing campaign (LOT 2) o Assets and collateral (LOT 3) which will result in increased awareness of the region's diverse tourism offer and destinations, increasing positive sentiment towards the region, and ultimately the consideration to visit. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The West Midlands Growth Company ("WMGC") is the strategic, economic development vehicle for the West Midlands region, and was established by its shareholders: the West Midlands Combined Authority ("WMCA") and its constituent members. WMGC is commissioning the second phase of a Hotel Feasibility Study. Based on the Phase 1 Report analysis, WMGC will work with its local authority shareholders to establish up to 6 sites to be assessed on their feasibility for a hotel development under Phase 2. WMGC are now seeking the production of a Single Report, addressing the feasibility for a hotel development on each of these specific sites. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) will establish an agreement with one supplier to deliver the requirements included in the scope of this tender process. The tender is focused on the agency delivering a creative campaign strategy, plan and high-quality, multi-format creative concepts that can be deployed across a range of campaign activations. Strategic Creative We require the services of a strategic lead creative and marketing agency to develop a campaign strategy, plan and impactful creative multi-channel marketing campaign that will resonate with our identified target audiences Campaign deliverables include (but are not exclusive to): o Big idea campaign creative concept/s, leveraging and building out the innovation narrative and messaging that has been developed by our communications agency o Advertising and campaign core assets - hero campaign, hero advert (film), and high-level activations which may include an experiential concept o Range of sector and life-stage focused marketing campaign assets for international markets, defined by the media strategy, but including programmatic creative (audio, video, display) and outdoor appropriate to international markets (media spend budget is separate) o Creative for sales materials - brochures and flyers o Content and creative for digital channel amplification - social media, campaign microsite o Case study creative formats - video and written o Full events activations: examples include London Tech Week, EXPO Real and Birmingham Tech Week o International sales missions - we are planning international trade missions in 24/25 where we would showcase the campaign using related collateral, content and presentations o Physical experiential in one location o Guerilla campaign activity * Key Sectors include: Low Carbon CleanTech, Future Mobility, Business Professional & Financial Services, Life Sciences, Data Driven Health Care, Advanced Manufacturing and Creative & Digital Technologies Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The aim of this project is to develop a Visitor Economy Insight Dashboard (VEID) to facilitate the delivery of actionable, near real-time insight supporting destination management, strategy planning, evaluation, and the implementation of the LVEP growth plan. VEID will provide us with a better awareness and understanding of destinations' status at any given moment. Advanced data visualization techniques will empower LVEP partners and other stakeholders with interactive tools specifically designed for visualizing multiple data layers. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Please note this is not a contract opportunity at this stage WMGC would like to build a market leading web based digital mapping platform (DMP) which will effectively promote strategically important real estate investment sites across the region. Current marketing collateral for strategic real estate propositions are usually limited to a specific local authority pdf document, which are text heavy, static and quickly outdated. WMGC's proposed platform will provide a live and interactive method of presenting complex information in map and text based form. This will be supported by concise data and commentary and is constantly evolving to provide prospective investors with accurate up-to-date information. We also need to explore how we can build in automated reporting metrics for what is being looked at, by who, etc and how this can integrate into our current CRM system, Zoho. The final outcome of this project is the production of a digital mapping platform which acts as the region's leading investment promotional tool for strategic real estate sites within the West Midlands (the local authority areas of the seven constituent members of the WMCA and Warwickshire) which require an investor(s) in the form of capital investors, development or delivery partners and/or an occupier(s) in order for the schemes to be developed or completed schemes to become occupied. This will be a high-profile market facing tool with a level of scrutiny from our shareholders over continually changing content that needs a high-quality look, feel and functionality. It will need to align to investment priorities of the West Midlands region and government led initiatives nationally. The DMP's aim is to provide an easily accessible and interactive piece of promotional marketing collateral Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The West Midlands Growth Company is seeking to establish a framework agreement via this tender process, appointing multiple suppliers across each of the Lots.The aim of this project is to create a suite of capable suppliers who can deliver a range of specialist, consultancy services across all the key business areas within the West Midlands Growth Company during the term including, but not limited to Inward Investment, Capital Attraction, Strategic Research and Evaluation.Service providers appointed to the framework will be assessed during the procurement process for their financial stability, track record, experience and technical an professional ability.This tender has been divided into five Lots and potential suppliers may bid for one or multiple Lots dependant on their business capabilities. There are no restrictions on the number of Lots that a Tenderer can bid for or be awarded.WMGC intends to appoint multiple suppliers to each Lot and this will be based on the highest scorin

The West Midlands Growth Company is seeking to establish a framework agreement via this tender process, appointing multiple suppliers across each of the Lots. The aim of this project is to create a suite of capable suppliers who can deliver a range of specialist, consultancy services across all the key business areas within the West Midlands Growth Company during the term including, but not limited to Inward Investment, Capital Attraction, Strategic Research and Evaluation. Service providers appointed to the framework will be assessed during the procurement process for their financial stability, track record, experience and technical & professional ability. This tender has been divided into five Lots and potential suppliers may bid for one or multiple Lots dependant on their business capabilities. There are no restrictions on the number of Lots that a Tenderer can bid for or be awarded. WMGC intends to appoint multiple suppliers to each Lot and this will be based on the highest scoring tenders for that Lot. Further details on the number of suppliers can be found in Section 2.1 In the event that fewer tenderers apply for a Lot than is included in the table below, WMGC will evaluate all compliant tenderers for the Lot. If any tender response is scored a "0" against any of the award criteria, this will result in the tender being excluded from this process. WMCG reserves the right not to award for any or all Lots of this framework. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) has a requirement to establish an agreement with up to three suppliers to provide specialist marketing and lead generation support for the requirements included in the scope of this tender process. With strong economic fundamentals in place, the West Midlands has a unique opportunity to establish itself as truly globally competitive in the coming years. Global West Midlands - the West Midlands Growth Company's business plan for July 2023 - March 25 - sets out how we propose to utilise our key functional areas of inward investment, capital attraction, the visitor economy and strategic relationship management to address regional challenges and capitalise on our opportunities, delivering the Plan for Growth and levelling up the region: The strategic objectives for the visitor economy through the Global West Midlands programme are to: Enhance the profile & reputation of the region Create & sustain vibrant destinations The appointed supplier(s) will take on the role of West Midlands Growth Company's strategic partner and marketing agency to deliver campaigns and lead generation for the West Midlands Business Tourism (MICE) sector which will result in increased awareness of the region's diverse offer, venues and destinations, increasing positive sentiment towards the region, and ultimately the consideration to host an event. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

As part of the West Midlands Growth Companies goal of growing the support provided to new to market FDI businesses participating in the Global Growth Programme (GGP), we're developing a series of events centred around the aim of building a community of GGP businesses. To achieve this aim, the need has been identified to procure the services of a provider who can help to deliver community events and encourage attendance from participants. The GGP community will comprise of former GGP participants (around 30), the new programme members (up to 40), plus various stakeholders in the region. We want the members to play a very active role in shaping and driving the community. There are two main elements to this project - the management of the GGP Community and the delivery of community related events. The contract is expected to commence 8th July 2024 and will be completed by 31st March 2025. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The West Midlands Growth Company is seeking to establish an agreement with a single supplier to provide development and consultancy support for our Zoho One systems and processes. The supplier will provide development and consultancy support outside of our current licencing agreement which is currently contracted via another provider. The appointed supplier must be an approved Zoho One consulting partner. The initial term of this agreement will be from 1 August 2024 until 31 March 2025. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The West Midlands Growth Company is seeking to establish an agreement with a single supplier to provide IT Support and Maintenance for our both our systems and end users. The West Midlands Growth Company is currently situated on the 11th floor of The Colmore Building in central Birmingham. Currently, the entire workforce operates on a hybrid working model which is expected to be in place for the foreseeable future. There are a considerable number of services hosted in the Microsoft Business platform; these consist of SharePoint and Office 365. The file sharing uses the SharePoint platform, the historic document management system and finance applications can be accessed via a remote desktop connection to a virtual server, which will need to remain in place throughout the term of this contract. The initial term of this agreement will be from 5th August 2024 until 31st March 2025 with the option to extend for a further two years, reviewed on an annual basis, subject to future funding and ongoing requirements. If the break clause is to be executed, there will be a minimum notification period of three months provided. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) will establish an agreement with one supplier to deliver the requirements included in the scope of this tender process. The tender is focused on the agency delivering a media buying strategy and media buy to support an international B2B campaign that is in development, due to launch in August 2024. The West Midlands Growth Company is seeking an expert media buying agency to plan, execute, track and report on our global investment campaign - It Starts Here. WMGC's inward investment campaign is designed to increase international and national visibility surrounding the region's business ecosystem, improve perceptions and generate interest from investors and investment intermediaries. It supports the wider objective of seeking to address a West Midlands' market failure where we are overlooked by investors and relocating companies for other, better known, destinations such as London and Manchester. We require a media buying agency with international experience to work with us and in partnership with our appointed PR and creative agency to develop efficient and creative routes to reach our target audiences(s) including a mix of OOH, digital and experiential activity to deliver high-quality activations until March 2025. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) has a requirement to appoint a sole provider to conduct a visitor survey to understand the profile, experience, and behaviour of visitors to the West Midlands region. The aim of this project is to provide market intelligence on the profile and demographics of visitors to the West Midlands, their motivation to visit, sources of information they have used to research and plan their trip, the most popular and well used aspects of the area's visitor offer, visitor satisfaction and visitor expenditure. The project outputs are required to inform regional and local visitor economic strategy, positioning and tactics in its work to promote and develop the Visitor Economy as required via its Service Level Agreement with local councils. The sucessful supplier is expected to undertake an on-street and an on-line visitor survey. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No