BRCD Contracts for Innovation Challenge 1

Description

The tender opportunity (Tender 65/2026) will be published on Simply Do platform under the challenge titled: Predicting Demand. Managing Tomorrows Visitors, Today. "How can local authorities anticipate and manage visitor demand and movement across key destinations, while understanding the factors driving these changes, so they can proactively mitigate potential impacts before they become a problem." This challenge is focused on transforming how local authorities manage visitor destinations. Using Castlewellan Forest Park as a real-world test environment, the initiative addresses the growing pressures that large rural tourism destinations face from fluctuating visitor demand, which impacts local roads, parking, waste services, biodiversity, and infrastructure. Historically, council management has relied on static measures and reactive interventions, such as annual visitor numbers or seasonal passes, which fail to provide real-time insights or predictive intelligence. The proposed project aims to transition local authority management from a fragmented, reactive approach to a connected, evidence-led, and predictive decision-making model.

Key facts

Procedure

Competitive flexible procedure

Framework agreement

Yes — a framework or dynamic purchasing system, not a single contract

Lots

1

How to submit

Access to the opportunity is only provided through the Simply Do platform. To access the tender opportunity, suppliers need to set up an account on Simply Do platform. To participate within the Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) suppliers will need to register and create an account on both platforms below: 1. Central Digital Platform - https://www.sign-in.service.gov.uk/register 2. Simply Do Platform - https://sbrini.simplydo.co.uk For assistance with technical issues whilst attempting to use this portal, the provider can be contacted via email: support@simplydo.co.uk Notices relating to this 'Tender 65/2026 - Predicting Demand. Managing Tomorrows Visitors, Today BRCD Contracts for Innovation Challenge 1' will be published on Find a Tender Service with Newry Mourne and Down District Council as the Lead Contracting Authority.

Contact

procurement@nmandd.org

Value incl. VAT

£2.0m

Category

goods