OxLEP and its Culture and Visitor Economy Sub-group (CVESG) have opened an invitation to tender to organisations who are able to prepare a Visitor Economy Vision and Destination Management Plan for Oxfordshire.
The role of the commissioned organisation will be to prepare a Visitor Economy Vision and Destination Management Plan (DMP) for Oxfordshire covering a five-year period (2023 to 2028). It is to be a shared statement of intent to manage Oxfordshire as a destination over the next five years, setting a clear vision, bringing together key stakeholders and articulating their roles alongside identifying clear destination management actions to reinvigorate and support the visitor economy.
This DMP will form a key part of a wider, current, funded Visitor Economy Renaissance Programme being managed by OxLEP.
Initial key dates for this tendering process are as follows:
- 27 January: Invitation to tender publicised
- 7 February (10am to 11am): Supplier Briefing Session to be held virtually via Microsoft Teams (please email: [email protected] for the digital invite before 5pm on 6 February)
- 20 February (12noon): Deadline for tender submissions
- w/b 20 February: Shortlisting and invitation to interview
- 27 February: Interviews and appointment of consultants (possibly in-person)
- 13 March (AM): Inception meeting to be held virtually via Microsoft Teams
- March to April: Evidence gathering, consultations, key stakeholder engagement undertaken
- May: Draft DMP and further key stakeholder workshop
- July: Final DMP presented
