DfE - Tourism NI - Northern Ireland Tourism Industry Research

A Tender Notice
by TOURISM NORTHERN IRELAND TNI

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
35.5 month
Value
£155K
Sector
PROFESSIONAL
Published
21 Feb 2025
Delivery
To 04 Mar 2028 (est.)
Deadline
20 Mar 2025 15:00

Concepts

Location

Northern Ireland:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

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.

Total Quantity or Scope

Additional information: The figure indicated in Section II 1.6 represents the estimated contract value only. However, as this is a demand driven service there is no guarantee to the level of work.

Renewal Options

3 years from contract award estimated to be February 2028

Award Criteria

Proposed Quantitative Research Methodology 29.4
Proposed Qualitative Research Methodology 10.2
Key Personnel Experience 14
Contract Management and Contingency 5.6
Social Value 10.5
Total Contract Price 30

CPV Codes

  • 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics
  • 79311000 - Survey services
  • 79342310 - Customer survey services
  • 79320000 - Public-opinion polling services
  • 79311100 - Survey design services

Indicators

  • This is a recurring contract.
  • Renewals are available.
  • Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach Satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach Satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs. And their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave Professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions. Being. undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a. Period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate

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