# Procuring a Global Foreign Direct Investment Database

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Marketing Birmingham Ltd
- Contract winner: [Financial Times Limited](/contract-winners/financial-times/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £34,500
- Tender value: £35,000
- Award date: 6 June 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 15 June 2016
- Contract end: 14 June 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 7d36a9b9-7f53-46ad-bb8f-e2c8fd263765-96643
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a9be38b6-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

Marketing Birmingham is the area’s strategic marketing partnership, which focuses on three business areas \(i\) investment, \(ii\) the visitor economy and \(iii\) strategic marketing\. The company is funded by the public and private sectors, and acts as an economic development and promotions agency undertaking long term Service Level Agreement contracts\. Clients’ examples include: Birmingham City Council; the European Regional Development Fund \(ERDF\); Finance Birmingham and Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership\. Alongside this, Marketing Birmingham also is commissioned on a project by project basis by clients across the Midlands areas\. These can range between consumer and business activity, across sectors and geographic markets - regional, domestic and international, with more focus on the latter two territories\. For more information please visit – www\.marketingbirmingham\.com This tender aims to appoint a supplier\(s\) to provide a global database of current and historic foreign direct investment data to help inform our foreign direct investment and marketing functions\. Please refer to the tender brief for full requirements, process and timescales\. To access the full tender brief, all suppliers MUST visit the Marketing Birmingham e-Procurement system to register interest and submit a tender bid\. e-Procurement https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/marketingbirmingham/aspx/Home Please note the deadline for full submission as outlined in the attached brief is no later than 12:00 noon BST on Tuesday 31st May 2016\. Additional information: To access the tender brief all suppliers MUST visit the Marketing Birmingham e-Procurement system\. https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/marketingbirmingham/aspx/Home

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7d36a9b9-7f53-46ad-bb8f-e2c8fd263765-96643)