Notice Information
Notice Title
Business-to-Business Wales Tourism Product Distribution & Data Insight Platform
Notice Description
The Welsh Government requires an Off-the-Shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that will enable Wales tourism industry suppliers, including SMEs to transact with international and domestic markets, through online travel agents (OTAs) and other travel trade distributors; this will enable various stakeholders to access key travel and booking information with the ability to enter business-to-business contracts on this one platform.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Following market research and a Prior Information Notice issued 17 December 2021 (2021/S 000-031586) there were no alternative suppliers identified that were able to provide a service to meet the requirements. Therefore, the authority intends to use the negotiated procedure without prior publication, under Regulation 32,2,b,ii of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
Procurement Information
The authority requires an off-the-shelf platform to be available by the 31 March 2022 to facilitate the promotion Welsh Tourist Industry, in a shared marketplace with the other nations of the UK, enabling business to business transactions with travel industry distributers. The Tourism Exchange Great Britain platform ("TXGB") was developed by Rainmaker for the British Tourist Authority t/a Visit England in order to facilitate business to businesses bookings for the UK tourist industry. TXGB was funded by the Discover England fund and was developed to benefit tourism suppliers in England. TXGB included an option for other UK nations to be included on TXGB once established by purchasing national licences. The other UK nations have now been invited to join TXGB and contribute to the subscription costs, such costs to be apportioned between the nations on a proportionate basis based on market size. TXGB is a unique platform with a unique suite of users and partners which focuses on horizontal integration across different verticals connecting all types of suppliers via all types of systems with all types of distribution and, TXGB therefore, operates on a different axis to other technologies. TXGB is the only platform which encompasses all nations of Great Britain on one single platform and only Rainmaker can provide access to this platform. The Authority has undertaken market research, as well as issuing a Prior information notice on the 12/12/2021 (2021/S 000-031586). No other viable alternatives were identified.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0302d9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005727-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
48100000 - Industry specific software package
48217000 - Transaction-processing software package
63512000 - Sale of travel tickets and package tours services
72212100 - Industry specific software development services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £590,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £590,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Mar 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 28 Feb 2022Expired
- Award Date
- 24 Jan 20224 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WELSH GOVERNMENT
- Contact Name
- ICT Procurement
- Contact Email
- ictprocurement@gov.wales
- Contact Phone
- +44 3000257095
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF10 3NQ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Delivery Location
- TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Cardiff
- Electoral Ward
- Cathays
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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