VisitBritain England Occupancy Survey

Lot 1: Main English Occupancy Survey. Lot 2: Hotels with 100 rooms or more. Lot 3: Accommodation Census.

United Kingdom-London: Administrative services related to tourism affairs

2017/S 032-057871

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

VisitBritain
Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, Westminster
London
SW1P 3BT
United Kingdom
Contact person: Procurement
Telephone: +44 2075781266
E-mail: procurement@visitbritain.org
NUTS code: UKI

Internet address(es):Main address: https://www.visitbritain.com

I.2)Joint procurement

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./P527U9P8NN

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: http://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/P527U9P8NN

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted 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:

VB778 England Occupancy Survey.

Reference number: VB778

II.1.2)Main CPV code

75125000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

There is a Eurostat requirement for occupancy data for serviced accommodation (hotels and similar establishments) to be supplied by the UK on a monthly basis showing bedroom and bed-space occupancy levels. Eurostat also require an annual record at NUTS levels 0 to 2 of the number of establishments and bed-spaces for both serviced and other accommodation categories.

II.1.5)Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 200 000.00 GBP

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 3

The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:

Lot 1: Main English Occupancy Survey.

Lot 2: Hotels with 100 rooms or more.

Lot 3: Accommodation Census.

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Main English Occupancy Survey

Lot No: VB778 Lot 1

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

75125000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKI

Main site or place of performance:

London.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

— A panel of small and medium sized hotels, who input their bedroom and bed-space occupancy data into a bespoke online portal.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: yes

Description of options:

Option 1: Maintaining the output currently supplied.

Option 2: Realigning to the survey outputs to solely meet the EUROSTAT occupancy requirements.

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

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

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Hotels with 100 rooms or more

Lot No: VB778 Lot 2

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

75125000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKI

Main site or place of performance:

London.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

Large Hotels (100+ rooms) — Aggregated bedroom occupancy data for larger hotels, purchased from a syndicated supplier of occupancy data.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: yes

Description of options:

Option 1: Information required to maintain the output currently supplied.

Option 2: Information required to meet the EUROSTAT occupancy requirements.

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

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

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Accommodation Census

Lot No: VB778 Lot 3

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

75125000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKI

Main site or place of performance:

London.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

Accommodation Stock Audit.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

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

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.1)Information about a particular profession

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction

IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no

IV.2)Administrative information

IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 15/03/2017

Local time: 17:00

IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English

IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 15/03/2017

Local time: 17:00

Place:

London.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

VI.3)Additional 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.

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./P527U9P8NN

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/P527U9P8NN

GO Reference: GO-2017213-PRO-9579872.

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

VisitBritain
Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, Westminster
London
SW1P 3BT
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2075781266
E-mail: procurement@visitbritain.org

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

Visit Britain
20 Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2075781266
E-mail: procurement@visitbritain.org

VI.4.3)Review procedure

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VisitBritain
Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, Westminster
London
SW1P 3BT
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2075781266
E-mail: procurement@visitbritain.org

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

13/02/2017

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