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DfE - Tourism NI - Northern Ireland Tourism Industry Research

Tourism Northern Ireland Tourism NI · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 22:00.

Opportunity overview

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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

COGNISENSE LTD

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£155k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
13 May 2025
Award ID
022664-2025-1-1
Status
active
Location
BELFAST, UK, BT12 6SJ, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV79300000 — Market and economic research; polling and statistics
  • CPV79310000 — Market research services
  • CPV79311000 — Survey services
  • CPV79311100 — Survey design services
  • CPV79320000 — Public-opinion polling services
  • CPV79342310 — Customer survey services

Lots

  • 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.£155k

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04e6e2
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
Yes
Review Details
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date
26 Mar 2025, 00:00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Recurrence

Description
Estimated to be February 2028

Expected award period

Starts
26 Mar 2025, 00:00

Tender Period

Ends
20 Mar 2025, 15:00

Communication

Contract terms

Performance Terms
As detailed in the tender documents

Classification

Id
79300000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Market and economic research; polling and statistics

Submission terms

Languages

en

Bid Validity Period

Ends
18 Jun 2025, 23:59

Submission Method

electronicSubmission
written

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
technical
Description
As detailed in the tender documents

Applies To

supplier

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
Yes
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. 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.

Value

Amount
155,000
Currency
GBP

Renewal

Description
3 years from contract award estimated to be February 2028

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Proposed Consumer Quantitative Research Methodology
Type
quality
Description
29.4
Criterion 2
Name
Proposed Consumer Qualitative Research Methodology
Type
quality
Description
10.5
Criterion 3
Name
Key Personnel Experience
Type
quality
Description
14
Criterion 4
Name
Contract Management and Contingency
Type
quality
Description
5.6
Criterion 5
Name
Social Value
Type
quality
Description
10.5
Criterion 6
Name
Total Contract Price
Type
cost
Description
30

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,080

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN
Entry 2
Region
UKN

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79311000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Survey services
Entry 2
Id
79342310
Scheme
CPV
Description
Customer survey services
Entry 3
Id
79320000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Public-opinion polling services
Entry 4
Id
79311100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Survey design services
Entry 5
Id
79310000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Market research services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-139050
Name
Tourism Northern Ireland TNI

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region
UK
Locality
BELFAST
Postal Code
BT2 7ES
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
10-12, Linum Chambers, Bedford St, Belfast

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Tourism Northern Ireland TNI

Contact

Name
SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-25435
Name
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Belfast
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-148519
Name
Tourism Northern Ireland Tourism NI

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
BELFAST
Postal Code
BT2 7ES
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Floors 10-12, Linum Chambers, Bedford Square, Bedford Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Tourism Northern Ireland Tourism NI

Contact

Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-86272
Name
COGNISENSE LTD

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
BELFAST
Postal Code
BT12 6SJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Adelaide House, 1 Falcon Rd

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Legal Name
COGNISENSE LTD

Contact

Organisation 5
Id
GB-FTS-26975
Name
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
UK
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.

Award information

Award 1
Id
022664-2025-1-1
Title
DfE - Tourism NI - Northern Ireland Tourism Industry Research
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-86272
Name
COGNISENSE LTD

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
022664-2025-1-1
Title
DfE - Tourism NI - Northern Ireland Tourism Industry Research
Status
active
Award ID
022664-2025-1-1
Date Signed
14 May 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
155,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · BELFAST · UK · BT2 7ES · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKN

Notice and amendment history

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