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Managed Business Support Services – Preliminary Market Engagement
Descriptions
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board trading as Tourism Northern Ireland (TNI) (“the Client”) wishes to appoint a Supplier to provide a Managed Business Support Service to the Tourism Industry. The Tourism Action Plan launched in January 25 outlines a strategic goal of growing the value of tourism to £2b per annum by 2035 supporting strategic growth of tourism over the next 10 years. The procurement of a Managed Business Support Provider will enable Tourism NI to adopt a flexible mechanism to deliver a wide range of tailored tourism business support and learning to the NI tourism sector. Support may include 1-1 mentoring, group mentoring, learning and development programmes, and also include content creation for online learning courses delivered via ‘ an eLearning platform, with the aim of creating end-to-end business support on behalf of Tourism NI (TNI) in a number of bespoke, strategic areas. The Managed Service will include facility for local authorities and government departments to draw down on procurement terms. Tourism NI has successfully used a similar Framework to deliver a wide range of tailored tourism specific support, mentoring and expertise to tourism businesses since 2019 . The recipients of such support, engaged through hundreds of specific projects, has included private sector tourism SMEs, local government organisations, third sector and sectoral representative bodies, with access to 190 or so mentors / experts. The framework has been considered to have been successful across key user groups such as Tourism NI, stakeholders and individual tourism businesses. The Managed Service Framework therefore has been an instrumental tool in supporting Tourism NI rapidly adapt to the changing needs of the tourism industry. Delivery ranges from 1-1 to 1-many mentoring programmes both in person and online delivery, focusing on key areas such as Sustainability, Innovation, Digitisation, Marketing and other areas. -The mentoring programmes may include business audits, the development of action plans, sector specific learning and content development.
Engagement
Tourism Northern Ireland will be hosting Market Engagement Days at their offices in Belfast (Wednesday 2nd April am) and via Microsoft Teams (Thursday 3rd April pm) for suppliers interested in finding out more. The procurement process will be managed by Northern Ireland’s Construction Procurement Delivery (CPD). Agencies interested in attending the Market Engagement Days are asked to email ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk by 5pm on Friday 28th March 2025 @ 5pm. Please note that appointments will be scheduled on a first come basis and will last a maximum of 45 minutes. A maximum of 3 people per supplier should attend
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80521000 - Training programme services
79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
73220000 - Development consultancy services
80510000 - Specialist training services
79411100 - Business-development consultancy services
80000000 - Education and training services
80500000 - Training services
79411000 - General management consultancy services
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skills workshops
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top-level consultancy
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professional development
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leadership advisory
specialised instruction
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applied skills coaching
design refinement
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market entry strategy
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executive coaching
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workforce education
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academic instruction
consultancy engagement
learning solutions
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expert training programs
niche skill development
prototype consulting
employee development
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enterprise growth advice
learning course delivery
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vocational instruction
business performance consultancy
business development consultancy
business strategy support
startup development counsel
training program development
corporate governance advisory
business scaling consultancy
educational content planning
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industry specific training
partnership development services
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specialist certifications
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advanced professional workshops
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strategic management advice
corporate strategy consulting
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technical development advice
general management consultancy
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capacity building programs
structured learning programs
investment readiness advice
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organizational development
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technical mastery training
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