VisitScotland: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

VisitScotland has published 52 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 7 CPV divisions, most often business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.

Across 24 awarded contracts the median value is £368.5k.

Its published awards total £19.6m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from VisitScotland's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 31 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 21 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.8 tenders a month, measured over 68 months of history.
Half of their 24 awarded contracts are worth £368.5k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, printed matter and related products.
Their most frequent suppliers are The Rocket Group (2), Laura Davidson Public Relations (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Serviced and Non Serviced Accommodation Data	Key Data	14 April 2026	£218k
Host Venue for VisitScotland Connect 2024 and 2025 Workshops	P&J Live	20 July 2023	£500k
Concession - Core Consumer Maps	Landmark Press	8 February 2023	£366k
PR Services in North America	Laura Davidson Public Relations	20 January 2023	£935k
Books & Maps (Retail)	Bookspeed	8 November 2022	£1.6m
Scottish Accommodation Occupancy Survey	GCU	21 October 2022	£230k

Contracts are dated by the tender's closing date — award dates are not published in the source data.

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
The Rocket Group	2	£1.9m
Laura Davidson Public Relations	2	£935k