Official UK procurement notice
159_21 – General Merchandise and Groceries
Authority: ESPO
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionESPO is seeking to appoint a Supplier who is capable of providing ESPO and ESPO customers with a wide range of general merchandise and grocery products. It is essential that the supplier is able to facilitate the purchase of products via a ‘Click and Collect’ service. The supplier may be required to market and distribute a selection of ESPO’s own brand ‘smartbuy’ product range and in return may enable ESPO to purchase and distribute a selection of the successful Supplier’s exclusive own brand ranges. The Supplier must have the capability to provide ESPO with a digital platform at no additional cost, and have API (Application Programme Interface) that is compatible with ESPO’s systems.
CPV: Electronic marketplace retailing services · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Kitchen equipment, household and domestic items and catering supplies · Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories · Personal care products · Retail trade services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Supply of general merchandise and groceries for delivery to the ESPO distribution…Awarded
Supply of general merchandise and groceries for delivery to the ESPO distribution centre, Leicester, and for delivery directly to individual ESPO customer establishments. Additional information: The successful supplier may also be selected to work with ESPO to pursue other commercial deals, for example, leveraging spend across key product categories through collaboration, in particular ‘own brand’ product ranges. Products supplied by the successful Supplier may be featured within the ESPO printed and digital catalogues, or used to fulfil ESPO customers’ orders.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Non-Price: 80%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Non-Price: 80
- Price: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “159_21 – General Merchandise and Groceries” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Mar 2021, 12:09 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Mar 2021, 12:09 GMT
- Authority reference
159_21- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-004007- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02970fFind a Tender
- Review procedure
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
159_21 – General Merchandise and Groceries
- Signed
- 26 Jan 2021
- Value
- £10,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Argos Business Solutions (Sainsbury’s Supermarket)Framework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.