Published date: 18 April 2024
Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.
Contract summary
Industry
Social research services - 79315000
Location of contract
B2 4BP
Value of contract
£48,000 to £90,000
Procurement reference
CF-0018500D4L000000DloEUAS
Published date
18 April 2024
Closing date
8 May 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
3 June 2024
Contract end date
2 June 2027
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
VB/VE is the national tourism agency, a non-departmental public body funded by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and our mission is to make tourism one of the most successful and productive sectors for the UK economy. We achieve this by supporting England's tourism industry, driving inbound visitor spend, providing expert advice to industry and to Government.
VB/VE research utilises a range of travel and tourism statistics to monitor and predict international and domestic tourism flows.
Hotel occupancy data continues to provide key insights for us as an organisation and we would like to refresh this supply and potentially enhance it with additional features.
The hotel occupancy data we currently subscribe to has been published monthly in PDF format on our website here: https://www.visitbritain.org/research-insights/england-hotel-occupancy-latest The archive reports are available here: https://www.visitbritain.org/research-insights/england-hotel-occupancy-archive
As part of our new data sources project, we identified the following business needs:
- Timeliness (monitoring inbound and domestic tourism at a shorter latency)
- Granularity (examining tourism behaviour across nations/regions with greater detail, specifically counties and Local Authorities which feed into the new LVEP areas)
- Being forward looking (predicting future tourism flows with greater confidence)
We have found that hotel occupancy data has the capacity to meet the need of timeliness to a point as we currently receive frequent and timely data deliveries. However, it does lack particularly on granularity. Granularity is a key need with the ability to drill down into small regional geographies. With this data source, the provision of forward-looking data is, while not essential, also useful. We would like to retain and enhance our hotel occupancy data package in order to best meet these needs.
Interested suppliers can access the procurement documentation for this opportunity free of charge via the Atamis eprocurement system: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome
If you have recently registered on the Atamis eProcurement portal for another VisitBritain requirement, you can use the same account. If not, you will first need to register your organisation on the portal.
To register, you will need to:
1. Go to the URL: https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome
2. Select 'Click here to register!'
3. Read and agree to the portal user agreement
4. Complete the registration form, providing information including:
- The full legal name of your organisation,
- Your company registration number,
- Your DUNS number-a unique nine-digit number provided to organisations free of charge by Dun & Bradstreet.
- Whether your organisation is a Small -Medium Sized Enterprise (SME)
- User and contact details.
How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.
About the buyer
Contact name
Procurement Team
Address
4th Floor, Victoria Square House, Victoria Square
Birmingham
B2 4BP
United Kingdom
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