Published date: 29 September 2016

This notice was replaced on 29 September 2016

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 9 May 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

  • Survey services - 79311000

    • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0.01 to £40,000

Procurement reference

2016-MB-R08

Published date

29 September 2016

Closing date

17 October 2016

Contract start date

7 November 2016

Contract end date

31 December 2019

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. For more information please visit - www.marketingbirmingham.com

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. Clients' examples include: Birmingham City Council; the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF); Finance Birmingham and Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership.

Alongside this, Marketing Birmingham also is commissioned on a project by project basis by clients across the Midlands areas. These can range between consumer and business activity, across sectors and geographic markets (regional, domestic and international - with more focus on the latter two territories).

The ERDF funded Investing in Greater Birmingham project aims to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and UK/EU expansions into the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) area. It will deliver a coordinated and integrated programme across the project area focused on attracting both high job creating growth industries and knowledge intensive investments, with a particular focus on SMEs and larger investors which tend to attract a supply chain of SMEs to an area.

This project is partially funded by the England 2014 to 2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme through its ERDF Investing in Greater Birmingham Project.

A comprehensive evaluation of the Investing in Greater Birmingham project is required to assess the extent to which:
• The programme has met its strategic objectives and the aspirations of partners
• The programme's funds been spent effectively and the programme has been successfully delivered
• The programme has met its contracted output targets, helped address identified market failures and delivered strategic added value
• The evaluation should also identify any practical lessons which have been learned from the programme and make recommendations for future delivery

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 BST on Monday 17th October 2016.

More information

Additional text

To access the tender brief and all procurement documentation, 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

EU.Procurements@marketingbirmingham.com

Website

www.marketingbirmingham.com/tenders (http://www.marketingbirmingham.com/tenders)