Published date: 22 November 2016

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 12 December 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Pleasure and sporting boats - 34522000

  • Information and promotion products - 39294100

  • Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services - 63500000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0.01

Procurement reference

2016-MB-DE01

Published date

22 November 2016

Closing date

12 December 2016

Contract start date

14 December 2016

Contract end date

30 April 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Marketing Birmingham is the area's strategic marketing partnership, which focuses on three business areas (i) investment, (ii) the visitor economy and (iii) strategic marketing.

This project is co-funded by the VisitBritain/VisitEngland 'Discover England Fund', run by a steering group comprising partners from the Midlands Engine. Stakeholders include the Canal & River Trust (CRT), Shakespeare's England, LeicesterShire Promotions, Visit Tamworth, British Marine (BM), private hire boat yards, attractions and narrowboat suppliers.

This project aims to improve the offer to international tourists, based on the beautiful and historic canal and waterways network. We are developing a pilot through focused activities based on the Warwickshire Ring, at the heart of the Midlands' and English canal network.

We seek partners with existing assets to build upon and share developments with, bearing in mind our pilot phase target market visitors from Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden.

Partners will not be required to do the development work - but to work in partnership with the steering group to select the technology and information design supplier through an open tender process, and facilitate the agreed developments to their assets, for the benefit of overseas visitors.

Please refer to the tender brief for full requirements, process and timescales. To access the full tender brief, all suppliers MUST visit the Marketing Birmingham e-Procurement system to register interest and submit a tender bid.

e-Procurement https://in-tendhost.co.uk/marketingbirmingham/aspx/Home

Please note the deadline for full submission as outlined in the attached brief is no later than 12:00 noon GMT on Monday 12th December 2016.

More information

Additional text

To access the tender brief, all suppliers MUST visit the Marketing Birmingham e-Procurement system.
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/marketingbirmingham/aspx/Home

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Manager

Address

Baskerville House, Centenary Square
Broad Street
Birmingham
B1 2ND
England

Telephone

0121 202 5115

Email

jazz.bansal@marketingbirmingham.com

Website

www.marketingbirmingham.com/tenders