British Tourist Authority : BTA1003 Destination Management Companies - Dynamic Partner Register

UK-London: Administrative services related to tourism affairs.
Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for Prior information notice: Yes
         This notice is a call for competition: Yes
   This notice is for Contract notice: No
   This notice is for Contract award notice: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       British Tourist Authority
       Upper Ground Floor, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET, United Kingdom
       Email: alia.trevanion@visitbritain.org
       Contact: Alia Trevanion
       Main Address: https://www.visitbritain.com
       NUTS Code: UKI
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .
I.3) Communication       
   The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:              
         http://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Administrative-services-related-to-tourism-affairs./8D2DGZJ657
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address    
   Tenders or requests to participate must be sent:          
         to the abovementioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity:    
   Recreation, culture and religion

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   II.1.1) Title: BTA1003 Destination Management Companies - Dynamic Partner Register          
         Reference number: 1003          
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      75125000 - Administrative services related to tourism affairs.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICE

   II.1.4) Short description:
   VisitBritain wishes to partner with a portfolio (Dynamic Partnership Register) of Destination Management Companies (DMC) for 2018/2019 to develop longer term plans for a number of DEF products that will support the sustained marketing and sales of DEF products via intermediaries globally through integrated annual activity plans.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 1,000,000 - Currency : GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No

   II.2) Lot Description    
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UKI - LONDON
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      VisitBritain wishes to partner with a portfolio (Dynamic Partnership Register) of Destination Management Companies (DMC) for 2018/2019 to develop longer term plans for a number of DEF products that will support the sustained marketing and sales of DEF products via intermediaries globally through integrated annual activity plans.    
   II.2.6) Estimate value
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 1,000,000 - currency : GBP        
   II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement                    
      Duration in months - 36    
   II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds : NO           
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided
   
   
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information

III.1) Conditions for participation
   III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation    
      List and brief description of rules and criteria:
         Visit Britain is looking to partner with DMC’s who have significant reach of carrying minimum 20,000 passengers a year from the following markets; Germany, USA, France, Australia, GCC, China and Netherlands to Great Britain.
DMC’s will be required to invest a minimum of £100k (Minimum 30% cash plus MIK) which VisitBritain will match fund.            

III.2) Conditions related to the contract
   III.2.1) Information about a particular profession    
      Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:          
         Not Provided    
   III.2.2) Contract performance conditions          
      Not Provided        
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description   
   IV.1.1) Type of procedure                    
         Restricted procedure                          
   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system                
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement - NO                 
         In the case of framework agreements justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:                
            Not Provided    
   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
         An electronic auction will be used - Not Provided          
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - Not Provided
IV.2) Administrative information       
   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure    
   Notice number in OJEU: Not Provided    
   IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest          
         Date - 03/07/2018 Local Time - 16:00       
   IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:       
         English                           
   IV.2.5) Scheduled date for start of award procedures:

Section VI: Complementary Information       
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows                        
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Administrative-services-related-to-tourism-affairs./8D2DGZJ657

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/8D2DGZJ657
GO-2018618-PRO-12637972 TKR-2018618-PRO-12637971        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 18/06/2018