Quick answer — British Tourist Authority t/a VisitBritain/VisitEnglandLast refreshed 26 Mar 2026

At a glance

British Tourist Authority t/a VisitBritain/VisitEngland has awarded £191.6m across 250 suppliers, with 389 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 52% · 7 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£102k) · SME share 47% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration52%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share47%
Pipeline · open now7
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

British Tourist Authority t/a VisitBritain/VisitEngland is a contracting authority, based in UKG31. Tracks 373 published notices and 394 awards on PublicSupply.

373
Notices published
394
Awards
250
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£8.8m
12 m spend
£4.3m
Prior 12 m
+103%
YoY change
£4k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
British Tourist Authority t/a VisitBritain/VisitEngland — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£4m£6m£8mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

7

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£102k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified343 · £193.4m
services29 · £2.6m
goods1 · £532k

Instrument type

contract339 · £186.4m
call off34 · £10.2m
Source:Contracts Finder: 330Find a Tender: 43

Awarded contracts · 389 live

All contracts with a published award notice where British Tourist Authority t/a VisitBritain/VisitEngland is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
LinkedIn LearningLINKEDIN IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY48517000active
BTA2211 PaloAlto Prisma VPN ServiceSOFTCAT PLC72590000£102k26 Mar 2026active
BTA2177 - Analytics 360 with GA4 PropertiesMerkle72316000£112k18 Feb 2026active
C1355 BTA1867 Global Production Agency ContractTAG EUROPE LIMITED79340000£3.8m13 Feb 2026active
BTA2173 BTA Microsoft licences ProcurementSOFTWARE ONE UK LTD72222300£3.3m05 Feb 2026active
BTA2193 Direct Award IPS 2026 sponsored questionsOFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS79310000£82k01 Jan 2026active
BTA2193 C1368 IPS Sponsored Questions ContractOFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS73110000active
BTA2176 - Search engine optimization Marketing for VB and VW Web8 Million Stories Ltd72222300£668k26 Nov 2025active
BTA2146 Compensation Analysis and BenchmarkingKorn Ferry (UK) Limitedactive
ITB Berlin 2026 VisitBritain Stand SpaceMesse Berlin GmbHactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
MG
1 contract · 04 Jul
£100.0m
52% of total
2
BA
2 contracts · 10 Jan27 Aug
£30.0m
16% of total
3
BH
1 contract · 07 Oct
£4.8m
3% of total
4
TP
1 contract · 14 Feb
£4.0m
2% of total
5
MP
1 contract · 18 May
£4.0m
2% of total
6
TE
1 contract · 13 Feb
£3.8m
2% of total
New
7
SO
1 contract · 05 Feb
£3.3m
2% of total
New
8
GM
1 contract · SME · 13 Jul
£3.0m
2% of total
9250
···
242 other suppliers
long tail · 34 SMEs
£38.7m
20% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
697 contracts
£126.8m
65%
Government administration
51 contracts
£34.7m
18%
IT services, software
54 contracts
£16.2m
8%
Support transport services
23 contracts
£7.4m
4%
Software packages, IT
31 contracts
£3.6m
2%
Furniture, cleaning
6 contracts
£3.0m
2%
Other
22 contracts
£1.4m
1%
Financial, insurance
8 contracts
£861k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
0
0
4
Government administration
IT services, software
0
1
3
0
Support transport services
Software packages, IT
Furniture, cleaning
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

British Tourist Authority t/a VisitBritain/VisitEngland has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

47%
SME supplier share
target 33%
345
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
250
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKG31
Contact
Procurement Team
Email
procurement@visitbritain.org

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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