Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Revenue Based Gift Cards
Notice Description
VisitBritain (VB) is looking at opportunities to grow the visitor economy through the creation of Gift Cards as a currency for consumers to purchase tourism products. In addition, we are looking to penetrate a new market for revenue generation through the sale of the Gift Cards in the B2B and corporate/incentives market.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This is a Prior Information Notice to commence market testing for the provision of a Revenue Based Gift Card supplier.
VB is looking for a Gift Card provider that offers a sale and redemption solution of Gift Card products for the tourism industry.
VB would sell and redeem the Gift Card (B2C) on its e-commerce site (VB Shop) and in addition, we are looking for a Gift Card provider to facilitate the sale and redemption of Gift Cards in the B2B space through its existing network of partnerships.
The VB Gift Card would have approximately 30-40 key attractions across the UK and be available as a minimum in the UK domestic market, and potentially in the international markets.
VB would like to sell the Gift Card through its VisitBritain shop online platform (B2C) and also would like the VB Gift Card to be sold to the corporate/incentives markets/shopping centres/3rd parties (B2B).
We would be interested in respondee's views on the minimum contract period to ensure commercial viability, particularly with breakage.
The market should note that the estimated contract value cannot be quantified at this stage, therefore this estimated range for this 'concession' contract is PS0.01 - PS7,500,000.
To register your interest in this potential opportunity, and to participate in the Prior Information Market Testing, please register using the following link:
https://visitbritain.force.com/s/Welcome
Intererested suppliers MUST firstly complete and return the Mutual NDA. Upon completion, VB will provide these suppliers with access to VB shop financial information. Finally, interested suppliers must then complete & return the Market Testing Questionnaire no later than 16:00pm on Friday 19 August 2022 on via the Atamis eSourcing portal.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0359c7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021718-2022
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
75125000 - Administrative services related to tourism affairs
79342200 - Promotional services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Aug 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 4 Sep 2022Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- VISITBRITAIN/VISITENGLAND
- Contact Name
- Procurement Team
- Contact Email
- procurement@visitbritain.org
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1W 0BD
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLI3 Inner London - West
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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