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title: "Birmingham and West Midlands Convention Bureau - Accommodation Booking Service PRELIMINARY MARKET ENGAGEMENT"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04ea2f"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED"
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# Birmingham and West Midlands Convention Bureau - Accommodation Booking Service PRELIMINARY MARKET ENGAGEMENT

Buyer: WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ea2f

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## Summary

West Midlands Growth Company Limited is currently in the planning stage of a preliminary market engagement for the Birmingham and West Midlands Convention Bureau Accommodation Booking Service. This procurement process aims to identify potential providers with relevant experience, gauge interest in a future procurement, and explore opportunities to improve efficiencies and maximise revenue. The procurement category is services, specifically targeting industry-specific software packages, hotel accommodation services, and software supply services. Key dates include the market engagement due date on 21 March 2025. The delivery location is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in software solutions, hotel accommodation services, and related industries. As it is still in the planning stage, it is an excellent moment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to engage and present innovative solutions that could enhance operational efficiency and profitability. Businesses with strong pricing models and the ability to provide clear timelines and cost-effective solutions may find this tender particularly promising for growth and collaboration with a public undertaking entity.

## Notice

The purpose of this exercise is to identify potential providers, with relevant experience, for this requirement, to gauge interest in a future procurement process, to understand if there are opportunities to improve efficiencies and maximise the revenue opportunity, to understand any costs involved for WMGC and for potential providers to provide information on their pricing model, costings and timescales for their solution. This is a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise only at this stage.

### Planning Information

The purpose of this exercise is to identify potential providers, with relevant experience, for this requirement, to gauge interest in a future procurement process, to understand if there are opportunities to improve efficiencies and maximise the revenue opportunity, to understand any costs involved for WMGC and for potential providers to provide information on their pricing model, costings and timescales for their solution.
To find further information in relation to this opportunity and access the relevant documentation, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wmgrowth/aspx/Home

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008241-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Mar 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 21 Mar 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B4 6AT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Ladywood |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | TLG3 West Midlands |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48100000 - Industry specific software package
- 55110000 - Hotel accommodation services
- 72268000 - Software supply services

## Release History

- 6 Mar 2025 at 16:03 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008241-2025
- 6 Mar 2025 at 15:49 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008237-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008241-2025
  6th March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008237-2025
  6th March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wmgrowth/aspx/Home
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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