This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.
Official UK procurement notice
Tail Spend Solution Modification
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service (CCS) procured Tail Spend Solutions to facilitate and manage ad hoc, low volume, low-spend deliverables across the public sector.
The Tail Spend Solutions provide end users access to a broad, pre-qualified and dynamic supplier base,
capable of offering a wide range of deliverables available for purchase and delivery through a digital
marketplace.
Deliverables include but are not limited to:
Stationery and office supplies, computer peripherals and accessories, clothing, footwear, luggage articles
and accessories, educational equipment, musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art
materials and accessories, furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl.
lighting) and cleaning products and any other miscellaneous deliverables.
CPV: Electronic marketplace retailing services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 2 suppliers · 3 bids received (1.5 per place) · 4 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Crown Commercial Service (CCS) procured Tail Spend Solutions to facilitate and manage ad hoc, low volume, low-spend deliverables across the public sector. The Tail Spend Solutions provide end users aAwardedRenewal
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) conducted a procurement to establish a
commercial agreement to enable buyers to amalgamate in a compliant manner their long tail spend via a Tail Spend Solution.
The Tail Spend Solution will:
- service diverse, low-volume, low-spend deliverables across the UK public sector.
- enable public sector buyers with access to a pre-qualified, dynamic and extensive supplier base,
capable of providing a broad range of deliverables as required by the public sector.
- enable a full end to end service including the management of: the system, the supply chain, delivery (including warehousing and logistics), buyer registrations and support.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80
- Price: 20
- Suitability
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the 2015 Public Contract Regulations
(implementing the directive) on the basis of information provided in response to an invitation to tender
(ITT) registering for access.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Tail Spend Solution Modification” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- 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
- Yes
- First published
- 3 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2025, 08:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 5 Jul 2021 – …
- Authority reference
RM6202- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064994- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b855Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The value provided in Section II.1.7 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Commercial Agreement. As part of this contract award notice the following can be accessed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/08178f68-b4fb-41f7-a957-da45a5846736 1) Redacted Commercial Agreement; 2) Contract notice transparency information for the agreement 3) List of Successful Suppliers; 4) Customer list On 2.4.2014 Government introduced its Government Security Classifications (GSC) scheme which replaced Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS). A key aspect is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All bidders were required to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact this requirement. This link provides information on the GSC at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications Cyber Essentials is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products/services. Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders were required to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials Plus Scheme & ISO 27001, for services under and in connection with this procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 5 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 5 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST
Timeline
5 Jul 2021 → 14 Oct 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened5 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST
- Notice published373 days ago14 Oct 2025, 08:09 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Oct 2021- Status changed to complete18 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- Buyer details updated14 Oct 2025, 08:09 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,000,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Tail Spend Solution
- Signed
- 5 Oct 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Tail Spend Solution
- Signed
- 5 Oct 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 064994-2025-RM6202-1
- Signed
- 5 Oct 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 5 Oct 2025 – 25 Jul 2026
- Status
- active
- Change The replacement agreement for RM6202, RM6369 The Marketplace, has faced significant delays due to unforeseen circumstances. An internal decision was made to delay the Invitation to Tender (ITT) date from April 2025 and the Framework Award date of October 2025., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: The Framework Award of RM6369 is now delayed until July 2026. With this in mind, a six-month extension to the current RM6202 agreement has been approved to allow sufficient time for a compliant tender and minimise service disruption for CCS customers.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- Mercateo UK LtdFramework contractor
- OT Group LimitedFramework contractor
- See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier listFramework contractor
- The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (supplier)Framework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria