British Tourist Authority : GB-London: BTA1367 - UAE Expats Research

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CompetitiveContractNotice - GB-London: BTA1367 - UAE Expats Research
1. Title: GB-London: BTA1367 - UAE Expats Research
2. Awarding Authority:
    British Tourist Authority
    151 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, London, SW1W 9SZ, United Kingdom
    Tel. 02075781241, Email: procurement@visitbritain.org, URL: www.visitbritain.org
    Contact: Procurement Team, Attn: Procurement Team
3. Contract Type: Services
      Sub Type: Market research and public opinion polling services.

4. Description: Research services. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important source market for inbound tourism to the UK, ranking 20th for visits among all inbound markets in 2019, and 9th for spend. This market is the source of exceptionally valuable visitors, with the average spend per visit being more than double the all-market average in the same year.
The UAE is unique within the GCC for its high proportion, and variety, of expat residents. A large number of these are British, and UK expats living in the UAE constituted 31% of visits from this market in 2019. Three quarters of British expats who visit from the UAE come to visit friends and family.
Up to this point, in-market research by VisitBritain in the UAE has focussed solely on UAE-national leisure travellers. In order to prepare for a transformed travel market post COVID-19, it is essential for us to understand why and how UAE expats consider the UK as a destination compared to others, in order to plan how best to target them.
The overall objective of this project is to understand the profile of UAE expats, what feeds into their travel decision making, perceptions of a trip to the UK, their full customer journey and booking process.
5. CPV Codes:
   73110000 - Research services.

6. NUTS Codes :
   UKI - LONDON

7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: LONDON,
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority: BTA1367
9. Awarded to:

    kubi kalloo
    National ID: 08565276, 3 Scrutton Street, London, EC2A 4HF, United Kingdom
    Tel. 020 3696 8700
    Contact: Attn, Attn: Attn
Value Cost: 22,200
Is Awardee likely to subcontract?: No Awarded to SME?: Yes
10. Date of Contract Award: 01/03/2021
11. Number of Tenders Received: 9
12. Other Information:
Other Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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TKR-2021318-PRO-17951332
Suitable for VCO: Yes
Procedure Type:OPEN
Period of Work Start date: 02/03/2021
Period of Work End date: 30/06/2021