ID 5827949 – DFE Tourism NI Managed Business Support Services

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  "date": "2025-06-09T09:52:01+01:00",
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    "description": "The Northern Ireland Tourist Board trading as Tourism Northern Ireland (TNI) (\u201cthe Client\u201d) wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide a Managed Business Support Service to the Tourism Industry.   The Client is a statutory, non-departmental public body funded by the Department for the Economy (DfE), from monies provided by the Northern Ireland Assembly.\nFor further details please see the procurement documents",
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    "riskDetails": "The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the rights:\n(I).\tnot to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;\n(II).\tto make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;\n(III).\tto award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and\n(IV).\tto award contract(s) in stages.\nand in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.\nSuppliers should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them. ",
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    "submissionMethodDetails": "Tenders must be submitted electronically via the  relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity  on eTendersNI, website details immediately below.\nPaper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer.\nThe tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps",
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    },
    "title": "ID 5827949 \u2013 DFE Tourism NI Managed Business Support Services ",
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