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Delivery of West Midlands Business Festival

West Midlands Combined Authority

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: West Midlands Combined Authority

Buyer Address: 16 Summer Lane, Birmingham, UKG31, B19 3SD, United Kingdom

Contact Email: procurement.team@wmca.org.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
330000.0 GBP
Published
07 Nov 2025, 10:51
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
07 Nov 2025, 00:00
Contract End
31 Mar 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
IceBlue Marketing & Design Ltd
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Business Growth West Midlands (BGWM) who are a part of West Midlands Combined Authority has awarded a contract to Ice Blue Marketing to support the successful delivery of the West Midlands Business Festival (WMBF) 2026, with an optional extension to support on the delivery for 2027. This flagship initiative is designed to showcase and support businesses across the West Midlands Region. Building on the foundations established by WMBF 2025, the festival aims to reach a wider audience, improve the event quality, and deliver measurable business impact. WMBF will take place from Monday 2nd February 2026 to Friday 13th February 2026. WMCA will require the awarded supplier to support with the following with BGWM having oversight: 1) Build on the 2024/ 2025 Festival Brand. 2) To coordinate the organisation and delivery of the 'business festival' (not to be confused with business events, business weeks, corporate events or expos), which will include identifying and liaison with key partners and external organisations to create a comprehensive programme of events that will be of interest to businesses in the West Midlands Region. 3) To produce, develop and deliver a comprehensive marketing promotional programme. This includes advertising and publicising the overarching festival and working with partners for support and individual events. In addition to this, provide operational support to ensure increased attendance. 4) To conclude a performance monitoring framework and economical assessment post festival. 5) To explore potential revenue streams that will naturally arise from the festival.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Documents

Document Description: Not published

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