Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Tourism and Hospitality Skills Bootcamp
Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBirmingham City Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint an organisation for the provision of Tourism & Hospitality Skills Bootcamp Pilot.
It has been identified by VisitEngland (the national tourist board) that one of the most significant challenges faced by tourism businesses is the recruitment and retention of staff. This was heightened by the impacts of COVID-19 and with the UK leaving the European Union. Considering tourism businesses’ ability to recruit staff, the lack of foundational people skills is perceived as the biggest challenge tourism businesses face. This was closely followed by management and leadership skills, when it comes to businesses' ability to deliver good service. Working with volunteers is another area that could be improved as some parts of the tourism sector are reliant on them.
The Council is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced organisation to develop and pilot test a five-day tourism and hospitality skills bootcamp for two cohorts.
- Employees working in the sector are seeking to upskill and take on management or supervision responsibilities.
- Individuals who are not in employment, education or training seeking to enter the sector.
The contract for the services will commence in November 2025 and will be in place for a period of 5 months.
The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ ↗ and submit your details to register. You will then be able to log on which will enable you to download all relevant quotation documentation.
If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk
Your completed quotation submission should be returned by noon on 27th October 2025 via the ‘in-tend’ system in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ↗
CPV: Administrative services related to tourism affairs · Education and training services · Personal development training services · Specialist training services · Technical training services · Training programme services · Training seminars · Training services · Training software development services
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How this buyer will score bids.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lot awarding rule: The award criteria carries a total weighting of 100%, this is split between the following sections: The overall weighting for the quality criteria is 90%. The overall weighting for the price is 10% For full details please refer to the procurement documents.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Sept 2025, 09:40 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2025, 09:40 BST
- Authority reference
PQ0641- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060738- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a495Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Oct 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
This Request for Quotations is being issued using the Council’s e-tendering system ‘In-tend’ and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. The procurement process will be managed using this system and therefore all bids must be submitted by Tenderers via the ‘in-tend’ system. in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ↗ Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function and you should not contact any individual directly either by email or by telephone. If you are already a registered user, you do not have to re-register. If you are unable to register with in-tend or are experiencing difficulties, please email the etendering@birmingham.gov.uk. Deadline for request for quotation is noon on 27th October 2025.
Timeline
30 Sept 2025 → 24 Nov 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published394 days ago30 Sept 2025, 09:40 BST
- Clarification questions by373 days ago20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline367 days ago27 Oct 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Contract starts339 days ago24 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published30 Sept 2025, 09:40 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender