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159_21 – General Merchandise and Groceries

Electronic marketplace retailing services
Food
beverages
+11 more
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: ESPO: "159_21 – General Merchandise and Groceries". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityESPOScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: ESPO
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for ESPO. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
27.5Bids / Report
0.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 278 active published awards; 278 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityESPO
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published1 Mar 2021, 12:09 GMT
Last source update1 Mar 2021, 12:09 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationElectronic 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
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02970f
What is being bought
ESPO 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.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Mar 2021, 12:09 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    1 Mar 2021, 12:09 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    1 Mar 2021, 12:09 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    1 Mar 2021, 12:09 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 26 Jan 2021, 00:00 GMT · £10,000,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Argos Business Solutions (Sainsbury’s Supermarket)
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
159_21 – General Merchandise and Groceries
£10,000,000 · signed 26 Jan 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

ESPO

Contracting authority GB-FTS-508
View buyer profile

  • ESPO
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, UKF21, LE19 1ES
    tenders@espo.org
    +44 1162944084

  • Argos Business Solutions (Sainsbury’s Supermarket)
    supplier

    489-499 Avebury Boulevard,, Milton Keynes, UKJ12, MK9 2NW

  • The Royal Court of Justice
    reviewBody

    The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
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