Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 24 Jun 2024, 13:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tail Spend Solution 2 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)

Services
Planned pipeline value£1,000,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 30 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority, intends to put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Agreement for the provision of a digital platform providing marketplace, catalogue management and autonomous sourcing solutions to facilitate purchasing of goods and services across the public sector, to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including but not limited to Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations.The solution aims to deliver end users access to a broad pre-qualified and dynamic supplier base, capable of offering a wide range of goods and services available for purchase and delivery through a digital platform.

The lotting structure of this framework is to be determined as a result of the market engagement.

Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.

CPV: Electronic marketplace retailing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Tail Spend Solution 2.0Planned

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
24 Jun 2024, 13:01 BST
Last source update
24 Jun 2024, 13:01 BST
Authority reference
RM6369
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-019293
Classification (CPV)
Electronic marketplace retailing services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047221 Find a Tender

Publisher note: VI.3 – Additional Information Crown Commercial Service will be holding a briefing session for interested parties on 9 July 2024, to explain in further detail the broad objectives of any subsequent procurement exercise and its potential scope. Following the briefing session there will be an opportunity to engage with the team to seek further clarification arising. To participate in the briefing session please email [email protected] with the following details by no later than midday on 8 July 2024: The subject of your email should include “RM6369 PIN Interest”. 1. Organisation name 2. Contact name 3. Job title of contact (including responsibility within your organisation) 4. Contact phone number 5. Contact email 6. Organisation website link Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is [https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk]. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value. The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/upcoming for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice. The service that arises from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE. Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the RM6369 Schedule, “Security Requirement and Plan”, to meet RM6369 requirements. This will be released at the ITT stage. A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2f12f7e8-2f67-41f0-9cd7-d5f8728eee43

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

24 Jun 2024 → 30 Apr 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    24 Jun 2024, 13:01 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    30 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services 9th Floor The Capital, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, UK, L3 9PPContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.