ID 5827949 – DFE Tourism NI Managed Business Support Services
Estimated value
£4.0m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
09 Jun 2025
Description
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board trading as Tourism Northern Ireland (TNI) (“the Client”) wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide a Managed Business Support Service to the Tourism Industry. The Client is a statutory, non-departmental public body funded by the Department for the Economy (DfE), from monies provided by the Northern Ireland Assembly. For further details please see the procurement documents
Scope
- Reference
- ID 5827949
- Total value
- £4,000,000 excluding VAT£4,800,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 24 Aug 2025 to 28 Aug 2028Possible extension to 26 Aug 2030
Following the initial contract period, there are [2] potential extension periods of up to [12] months each. Optional extension periods will be subject to review and satisfactory performance assessment by the Contracting Authority.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 794100007941110073220000805000008000000080510000805210008053000079414000
- Contract locations
- Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ac1 - Project Delivery Team Experience | As per tender documentation | quality | — |
| AC2 - Proposed Methodology for Resourcing Industry Support Advisers | As per tender documentation | quality | — |
| AC3 - Contract Management | As per tender documentation | quality | — |
| AC4 - Evaluation of Support | As per tender documentation | quality | — |
| AC5 - Contingency Arrangements | As per tender documentation | quality | — |
| AC6 - Social Value | As per tender documentation | quality | — |
| AC7 - Total Cost for evaluation purposes | As per tender documentation | price | — |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
As per tender documentation
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 11 Jul 2025, 10:59 pm
- Submission deadline
- 21 Jul 2025, 10:59 pm
- Submission address
- Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below. Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Open procedure