Forth Bridge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, opened in 1890 as a rail bridge crossing the Firth of Forth north of Edinburgh, and is the second-longest single cantilever span in the world. Fife Council is currently seeking a contractor to create a tourism strategy for the Forth Bridges area. The contract value has not been specified.
Consultancy brief to create a tourism strategy for the Forth Bridges Area
The Forth Bridges Forum Tourism Project Group wishes to commission consultancy work to develop a Tourism Strategy for the Forth Bridges area. A map showing this defined area is attached (Appendix 1).
The consultancy will include:
• Preparation and analysis of an on-line survey
• Review and take into account existing key data and strategies around the Forth Bridges area
• Identification of funding opportunities for delivery of recommended priorities
• Identification of delivery partners for recommended priorities
• Organisation and facilitation of a strategy workshop with key stakeholders
• Identification of the area’s unique selling points and how to exploit them
• Creation of a draft strategy and delivery plan ensuring that actions proposed for the short, medium and long term are specific, deliverable and measurable.
• Presentation of the Forth Bridges Area Tourism Strategy and Delivery Plan.
Collaborative arrangements:
Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Angus Council, Argyll and Bute Council, City of Edinburgh Council, Clackmannanshire Council, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar , Dumfries and Galloway Council, Dundee City Council, East Ayrshire Council, East Dunbartonshire Council, East Lothian Council, East Renfrewshire Council, Falkirk Council, Fife Council, Glasgow City Council, Highland Council, Inverclyde Council, Midlothian Council, Moray Council, The, North Ayrshire Council, North Lanarkshire Council, Orkney Islands Council, Perth and Kinross Council, Renfrewshire Council, Scottish Borders Council, Shetland Islands Council, South Ayrshire Council, South Lanarkshire Council, Stirling Council, West Dunbartonshire Council, West Lothian Council, Audit Scotland
The Project Lead for this piece of consultancy is the Chair of the Forth Bridges Forum Tourism Project Group Sandra Montador-Stewart, Service Manager, Fife Council. She can be contacted by email Sandra.Montador-Stewart@Fife.gov.uk
Additional Documents:
- Fife Council - Purchase of Consultancy not works - 18 May 16
- World_Heritage - Appendix 1
- Tender Document
Contractors wishing to obtain documents and bid on this opportunity should express interest.
Deadline for the submission of tenders: 09 February 2017 12.00
Contact:
Fife Council
Fife House,
North Street,
Glenrothes
KY7 5LT
UK
For the attention of: Sara Ellis
Telephone: +44 3451550000
Internet Address (URL): http://www.fifedirect.org.uk
