Official UK procurement notice
Digital Marketplace · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionYPO are looking for a Provider to be appointed onto a Framework Agreement for the provision of a Digital Marketplace. The Framework is designed to meet the needs of all public sector organisations which includes YPO’s internal requirements. This Framework is designed to meet the needs of YPO and Other Contracting Authorities by establishing an agreement where the end customer will place the order via the Provider’s digital marketplace to purchase goods with the resultant order being delivered directly to the end customer.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 26 Jul 2030, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Electronic marketplace retailing services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 23 Jan 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 23 Jan 2031
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
1% of call-off value · Rebate details provided in tender particulars...
£0 - £10 million - 1%
£10-£20 million - 0.95%
£20 million+ 0.90%
Who may buy through it
Published description of the framework
Award without competition - 1 Supplier
This tender process will result in a sole supplier award therefore all call offs from this framework will use that single supplier. See tender documents for full details.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£800,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to procurement documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to procurement documentation.
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 (5)
- Digital Platform: 20%
- Policies and Procedure: 20%
- Continuous Improvement and Innovation: 20%
- Cost: 20%
- Social Value: 20%
Published award criteria (5)
- Cost
- Digital Platform
- Policies and Procedure
- Continuous Improvement and Innovation
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to procurement documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to procurement documentation.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Digital Marketplace” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How YPO buys Financial markets administration services (CPV 6615), and who usually turns up
YPO’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Financial markets administration services (CPV 6615) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Yorkshire and the Humber.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 99 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid11% / 10%
2–315% / 20%
4–621% / 28%
7+53% / 42%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 6615Published estimate£800m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–345%
4–617%
7+34%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £76m119 awards in 36m · last this month | 53 live · £96m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=34 | |
| £111m7 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 4 live · £111m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £2.6m4 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 3 live · £53m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £300k1 awards in 36m · last 31 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
NomiaSME | 1 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- https://www.ypo.co.uk/about/customers/permissible-users · open scheme: new suppliers can join during the term
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 26 Jul 2030
- First published
- 24 Apr 2026, 10:54 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 11:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
C1040- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092214- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068a76Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Please refer to procurement documentation
- Risks
- Total Cost of the Framework: Due to the potential customer base and spend under this framework this framework may exceed estimated total value. To mitigate this risk YPO have researched estimated spend in the market and included a surplus.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via YPO eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 4 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Oct 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
call-off levy · 1% of call-off value · Rebate details provided in tender particulars...
£0 - £10 million - 1%
£10-£20 million - 0.95%
£20 million+ 0.90%
Timeline
24 Apr 2026 → 23 Jan 2027 · 9 dates- Planning notice published181 days ago24 Apr 2026, 10:54 BST
- Market engagement154 days ago21 May 2026, 23:59 BST
PME Engagement - 24th April 2026 - 23rd May 2026
- Next notice expected129 days ago15 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published22 days ago30 Sept 2026, 10:37 BST
- Latest notice published21 days ago1 Oct 2026, 11:02 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 6 days28 Oct 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 13 days · period end, not a bid countdown4 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 48 days9 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 92 days23 Jan 2027
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Apr 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Apr 2026, 10:54 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published30 Sept 2026, 10:37 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active30 Sept 2026, 10:37 BST
- Procurement method changed30 Sept 2026, 10:37 BST
- Deadline published: 4 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT30 Sept 2026, 10:37 BST
- Tender notice published30 Sept 2026, 15:03 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published1 Oct 2026, 11:02 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £800,000,0001 Oct 2026, 11:02 BSTwas £500,000,000
Published amendments (2)
Framework is a standalone framework - rebate details included in the notice.
Further detail added
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-04: 1 release · 24 Apr 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender