Published date: 20 September 2022

Last edited date: 20 September 2022

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: 4 November 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£0 to £12,500

Procurement reference

FEE/1077

Published date

20 September 2022

Closing date

4 November 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

5 December 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

We are looking to work with a consultant to understand the scale of the opportunity for Forestry England around brand licensing partnerships and merchandising.

We are looking for someone with specialist experience of developing a merchandising and licensing strategy for rights holding organisations like Forestry England.

The required outputs from this contract will be as follows:

To help us achieve our objectives, we are looking for a consultant to write a business plan with a 5-year outlook, around brand licencing and merchandising opportunities, that sets out:

• The scale of the opportunity over the next five years, within our existing infrastructure;
• The key dependencies to achieving this potential;
• Risks, and
• Recommendations for resource and costs to take the plan forward

This strategy development will require:
• Visits to some of our most popular forest centres to view and assess our existing infrastructure;
• Internal consultation with a range of colleagues from different departments (e.g. Digital, Operations, Brand), and
• Online/ desk-based research for benchmarking and market research

Please refer to the attached document for further information regarding the requirement and details of how to submit your response.

More information

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About the buyer

Address

620 Bristol Business Park
BRISTOL
BS161EJ
England

Email

meera.hindocha@forestryengland.uk