Visit Wales Travel Trade and Marketing Contract
Visit Wales contributes to the Welsh Government’s strategic and operational targets designed to grow the visitor economy in Wales.
United Kingdom-Treforest: Marketing management consultancy services
2017/S 020-033619
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Tourism Marketing, Economy, Skills and Natural Resources
Treforest
CF37 5YR
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 3000615576
E-mail: Rachael.Bayona@wales.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKL
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
I.2)Joint procurement
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Visit Wales Travel Trade and Marketing Contract.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
Visit Wales contributes to the Welsh Government’s strategic and operational targets designed to grow the visitor economy in Wales. The key action being to promote Wales as a destination with a high quality tourism offer. Germany is a priority international market for Visit Wales and we are seeking to appoint a contractor to contribute towards the German Market plan and overall growth target for tourism to Wales and deliver the following:
1. German Market — Travel Trade Management.
2. German Market — Online Content and Social Marketing Delivery.
3. German Market — Marketing Consultancy.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Visit Wales contributes to the Welsh Government’s strategic and operational targets designed to grow the visitor economy in Wales. The key action being to promote Wales as a destination with a high quality tourism offer. Germany is a priority international market for Visit Wales and we are seeking to appoint a contractor to contribute towards the German Market plan and overall growth target for tourism to Wales and deliver the following:
1. German Market — Travel Trade Management: Deliver an effective and dynamic on territory travel trade service to drive awareness of Wales as a holiday destination, educate the travel trade industry on the range of products and experiences available in Wales, and identify and develop partnerships with key players in the travel trade industry to pursue new and further opportunities to increase both the awareness of and number of visits to Wales.
2. German Market — Online Content and Social Marketing Delivery: Manage the Visit Wales German language website and social media channels and support Visit Wales Digital marketing activities.
3. German Market — Marketing Consultancy: Provide marketing consultancy services and advice to Visit Wales on German market plans. Working in an integrated way with the appointed agencies for PR, media buying, creative development and digital campaigns.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Subject to future contract notices.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
Criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
Criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
If the decision is made to retender a contract notice will be published in 2022.
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
E-Tender Information:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
— The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.
— Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.
— The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.
— On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.
— The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.
— In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.
— Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click ‘Forgot your password?’
— Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.
— If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.
— Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.
— Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).
— Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.
— Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 14:00.
How to Find the ITT:
— Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’.
— The etender references for this contract are: Project_35124 and ITT_59160
— Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.
— You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.
— Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly — Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.
Note: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales athttp://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=50656
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:
Information provided in tender documentation.
(WA Ref:61853)
Note: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales athttp://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=61853
(WA Ref:61853)
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.
VI.4.1)Review body
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 3000628864Internet address:http://wales.gov.uk/?skip=1&lang=en
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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