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DfE - Tourism NI - Northern Ireland Tourism Industry Research

Tourism Northern Ireland Tourism NI

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

19 May 2025 at 14:16

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Tender

21 Feb 2025 at 14:46

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process, managed by Tourism Northern Ireland (Tourism NI), involves contract monitoring for an industry research programme titled "Northern Ireland Tourism Industry Research." This service-oriented tender falls under the category of market and economic research, polling, and statistics, with a focus on survey services. The procurement was carried out using an open procedure, as outlined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract, now in the award stage, was signed on 14th May 2025 and is valued at £155,000. It spans a period of three years starting from the award date. Cognisense Ltd., based in Belfast, UK, has been selected as the successful supplier. The research will predominantly take place in Northern Ireland.

This tender presents significant opportunities for companies specialising in market research and data analysis, particularly those with experience in tourism and public opinion polling. Due to the annual requirement for a tourism barometer survey and potential additional ad-hoc surveys and research projects, businesses capable of providing quick turnaround research capabilities and possessing robust qualitative and quantitative research methodologies would be well-suited to compete. Firms with skilled personnel in contract management, contingency planning, and those incorporating social value into their projects may also have a competitive advantage in future procurement activities similar to this one. This tender offers a chance to engage in meaningful industry research efforts that could influence tourism strategies in Northern Ireland.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

DfE - Tourism NI - Northern Ireland Tourism Industry Research

Notice Description

Tourism NI wish to appoint a Supplier to carry out a programme of industry research. As a core requirement Tourism NI envisage a minimum of one tourism barometer survey each year with a broadly representative sample of Northern Ireland's tourism industry to provide an insight into year-to-date tourism performance and outlook for the remainder of the year. Additional be-spoke ad hoc industry surveys and research projects on a range of industry wide or sector specific topics may also be required including for example; evaluation surveys for industry support programmes and key Business to Business trade events, including business conferences surveys, These additional surveys and other projects, such as quick turnaround surveys and qualitative in-depth interviews/ industry focus groups will be ad-hoc, demand-led and budget dependent. The contract period will be fixed for 3 years with no optional extension. Please refer to tender documents for full details.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Tourism NI wish to appoint a Supplier to carry out a programme of industry research. As a core requirement Tourism NI envisage a minimum of one tourism barometer survey each year with a broadly representative sample of Northern Ireland's tourism industry to provide an insight into year-to-date tourism performance and outlook for the remainder of the year. Additional be-spoke ad hoc industry surveys and research projects on a range of industry wide or sector specific topics may also be required including for example; evaluation surveys for industry support programmes and key Business to Business trade events, including business conferences surveys, These additional surveys and other projects, such as quick turnaround surveys and qualitative in-depth interviews/ industry focus groups will be ad-hoc, demand-led and budget dependent. The contract period will be fixed for 3 years with no optional extension. Please refer to tender documents for full details. Additional information: The figure indicated in Section II 1.7 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time.

Renewal: 3 years from contract award estimated to be February 2028

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e6e2
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022664-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

79310000 - Market research services

79311000 - Survey services

79311100 - Survey design services

79320000 - Public-opinion polling services

79342310 - Customer survey services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£155,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£155,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£155,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 May 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
20 Mar 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
14 May 20251 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Estimated to be February 2028

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Tourism Northern Ireland Tourism NI
Additional Buyers

Tourism Northern Ireland TNI

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT2 7ES
Postcode Area
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN Northern Ireland
Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

COGNISENSE LTD

Further Information

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