Published date: 31 January 2023

Last edited date: 31 January 2023

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Opportunity (published 31 January 2023, last edited 31 January 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis - 71241000

  • Software consultancy services - 72266000

  • Feasibility study - 79314000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

PLYM001-DN653960-82790069

Published date

31 January 2023

Closing date

28 February 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

13 March 2023

Contract end date

13 June 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This procurement is for a specialist team to deliver a feasibility study for the development of a sustainable tourism data hub for the 'lead applicant' Destination Plymouth funded by the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise (HotSWLEP) area of Devon and Somerset. Plymouth City Council are running the procurement process on behalf of Destination Plymouth and the contract for the work will be with Destination Plymouth Ltd.

Stage one will be a fully costed feasibility study to understand scope, scale, process and potential delivery models for the project if it is implemented.

The Tourism Data Hub project will build a sustainable comprehensive data and research programme to support tourism, leisure and hospitality businesses to help drive productivity across the Heart of the South West LEP region of Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay.

The Tourism Data Hub will provide Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) and wider businesses with consistent, robust, and valuable data insights into consumer and business behaviours to enable more efficient market targeting and product development to drive recovery post-Covid.

The Tourism Data Hub project will be managed by Destination Plymouth as lead applicant on behalf of all partners. The project will address data gaps across industry, joining up data in the region for the very first time to enable business recovery and growth.

The Council have issued a procurement via Supplying The South West portal (www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk) with a submission deadline of 28th February 2023 (noon). Tender documentation is available to view and download from the portal. https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=befaabf0-5fa1-ed11-811f-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Tourism Data Hub Feasibility Study

  • Opportunity
  • Published 31 January 2023

About the buyer

Address

Ballard House
West Hoe Road
Plymouth
PL1 3BJ
England

Email

procurement@plymouth.gov.uk

Website

http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/