Scope
Reference
2025-WMGC-0607
Description
The West Midlands is proud to have been accredited as one of two national pilot Destination Development Partnerships (DDP). This enables two or more Local Visitor Economy Partnerships to work together to offer regional and locally appropriate solutions to national and regional policy and industry priorities.
Our West Midlands DDP workplan includes support for Visitor Economy skills development. In order to achieve this, we need to identify the range of skills that are required by the industry and the gaps in the region's talent.
• This supports the West Midlands' Mayoral regional strategy of 'jobs for everyone'
• It is a key part of rebuilding the region's visitor economy resilience, having lost talent through COVID furloughs and redundancies.
• We need the best talent pool through current economic instability
We require a supplier to assess, through primary and secondary research, the skills requirements and gaps in the visitor economy sector in the West Midlands. We not only want to understand the demand-side better i.e. to identify the skills that employers need from current or future employees, which are currently missing, but also the supply-side barriers - so what employers need to improve in their offer to ensure that disabled workers, or those returning to work after a break are facilitated into the jobs that need to be filled in the visitor economy sector.
Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £29,785 excluding VAT
- £33,582 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Date signed
1 October 2025
Contract dates
- 6 October 2025 to 31 March 2026
- 5 months, 26 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
Contract locations
- UKG3 - West Midlands
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - limited competition
Supplier
The Research Solution Limited
7 Keats Avenue, Beechwood Park
Worcester
WR3 8DU
United Kingdom
Region: UKG12 - Worcestershire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1
Contracting authority
WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
- Companies House: 01631329
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMVR-8297-WCWN
11th Floor The Colmore Building
Birmingham
B4 6AT
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@wmgrowth.com
Region: UKG31 - Birmingham
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government