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UK House & Games Time Activity Scoping

WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED

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11 Feb 2022 at 12:52

Summary of the contracting process

The West Midlands Growth Company Limited is conducting the "UK House & Games Time Activity Scoping" procurement process, focusing on research and development services related to the Commonwealth Games. This procurement, which is currently in the Award stage, was initiated on 11th February 2022 and involves a limited award process without prior publication. The successful supplier, Mickledore Limited, will deliver essential promotional and business development activities to enhance the visibility of the West Midlands during the Games, with particular emphasis on the Queen’s Baton Relay events.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in event management, marketing, and stakeholder engagement, especially those specialising in major sporting events. Companies with expertise in delivering integrated programmes and capacity-building during large-scale events would be particularly well-suited to compete in future procurements. The focus on showcasing and promoting activities related to the Commonwealth Games offers avenues for growth and partnership within the vibrant landscape of public and private collaboration in the UK.

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Notice Title

UK House & Games Time Activity Scoping

Notice Description

WMGC is undertaking a large amount of work on profile raising, promotion and setting out investment propositions in advance of the Commonwealth Games. This is particularly focused, but not exclusively, on the events surrounding the Queens Baton Relay through the Commonwealth nations. The work will continue in the run up to the Games with a significant amount of activity taking place during the period of the Games - the promotional and business development work during the Games is taking part in'UK House'. There is now a need to start putting detailed plans in place for those activities and with all of the other work underway, there is a need to build greater short term capacity within the WMGC team.

Lot Information

Lot 1

2.1 The Business and Tourism Programme (BATP) is seeking to Direct Award to Mickledore Limited to deliver three phases of work, to facilitate the delivery of a comprehensive and integrated inward investment programme during the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 2.2Initial Scoping of activity and programme - to include: Identification of those promotional / business development aspects that must take place to best showcase the West Midlands during the period of the games; Presentation and evaluation of a range of different approaches to games-time delivery, ranging from set piece presentations through to one-to-one bespoke visit itineraries; Identification of stakeholder organisations which could help represent the West Midlands, through hosted events, in presentations and on panels. 2.3 Stakeholder Engagement - to include: mapping out of overarching programme of activity during the games, ensuring the correct balance of sector & market focused events, with time allocated for other appropriate hospitality; identification of venue requirements to deliver the programme; engagement with prospective partner organisations to secure their commitment to deliver activity as part of the overarching programme; engagement with in-market representatives and other intermediaries to assess and plan for the needs of prospective delegations. 2.4 Implementation - to include: Finalisation of overarching programme of activity; creation of a detailed work plan for each event/activation point; evaluation of programme resource requirements and presentation of a number of solutions to service the requirements of multiple concurrent investor delegations; promotional work with intermediaries and other programme content/hosting partners to secure maximum delegation attraction success.

Procurement Information

West Midlands Growth Company Ltd to directly award Mickledore Limited the contract due to reasons of technical and artistic reasons, which are connected with the protection of exclusive rights, the public contract may be awarded only to a particular economic operator when the services are to be purchased or hired under the contract are required by the contracting authority as a partial replacement for, or in addition to, existing services and when to obtain the services from a supplier other than the supplier which supplied the existing services would oblige the contracting authority to acquire services having different technical characteristics which would result in-incompatibility between the existing services purchased or hired under the contract; or may cause disproportionate technical difficulties in the delivery of the existing services.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-031640
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004005-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award 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
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services


CPV Codes

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£58,500 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Feb 20224 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
11 Feb 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
Contact Name
Charlene Joseph
Contact Email
charlene.joseph@wmgrowth.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B19 3SD
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
TLD4 Lancashire

Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Newtown
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

MICKLEDORE

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