Published date: 21 December 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: 10 January 2017

Contract summary

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Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0.01 to £100,000

Procurement reference

2016-MB-DE02

Published date

21 December 2016

Closing date

10 January 2017

Contract start date

16 January 2017

Contract end date

30 March 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?

No

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.

The company is funded by the public and private sectors, and acts as an economic development and promotions agency undertaking long term Service Level Agreement contracts. Example clients include: Birmingham City Council; the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF); Finance Birmingham and Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership.

This project is co-funded by the VisitEngland / VisitBritain 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 Lichfield, Drifters - a consortium of private narrowboat hire operators and information and services provides.

This project aims to raise the profile of the waterways to international visitors, targeted at the Swedish, Dutch and German markets comprising empty nesters and young professionals, based on the beautiful and historic canal network of the Warwickshire Ring and Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.

This project is in a pilot phase, to test the concept with overseas visitors. In order to do that, we will need to offer them promotional information to whet their appetite, opportunity to plan their holiday and the ability to book. We also want to provide them with map-based information on the move - a digital guide, app or interactive pdf - bearing in mind patchy connectivity along the waterways - and communicate on the move.

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 Tuesday 10th January 2017.

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, 2, Centenary Square
Birmingham
B1 2ND
England

Telephone

0121 202 5115

Email

jazz.bansal@marketingbirmingham.com

Website

www.marketingbirmingham.com/tenders