Contract

YPO 001142 - Digital Marketplace

  • YPO

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-000469

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-037406

Published 8 January 2023, 9:00pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

YPO

41 Industrial Park

Wakefield

WF2 0XE

Contact

Contracts Team

Email

contracts@ypo.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1924664685

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.ypo.co.uk/

Buyer's address

http://www.ypo.co.uk/

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

YPO 001142 - Digital Marketplace

Reference number

DN636697

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

YPO were looking for a Provider to be appointed onto a Framework Agreement for the

provision of digital marketplace. The Framework is designed to meet the needs of all public

sector organisations which includes YPO’s internal requirements by establishing an

agreement where the end customer is able to place orders with third parties via the Provider’s digital marketplace to purchase goods with the resultant order being delivered directly to the end

customer.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £500,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

YPO were looking for a Provider to be appointed onto a Framework Agreement for the

provision of 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. Specific details were set out in the tender documents but included free of charge access to the marketplace and a wide rage of categories and terms that could be purchase through the marketplace. The value attributed to the framework is intended to reflect the overall value of spend that might be delivered through the solution.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Digital Platform / Weighting: 20

Quality criterion - Name: Policies and Procedures / Weighting: 20

Quality criterion - Name: Sustainability / Weighting: 20

Quality criterion - Name: Continuous improvement and innovation / Weighting: 20

Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 20

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-028294


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

001142

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

8 December 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Amazon Business EU SARL

Société à responsabilité limitée, 38 avenue John F. Kennedy

Luxembourg

Country

Luxembourg

NUTS code
  • LU - Luxembourg
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £500,000,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

YPO are creating this framework for use by other contracting authorities. Please see the below link for

details: https://www.ypo.co.uk/about/customers/permissible-users.

YPO will incorporate a standstill period at the point of notification of the award of the contract is

provided to all bidders. The standstill period will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, and

provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is

entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been

harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England,

Wales and Northern Ireland).

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The Technology and Construction Court

London

Country

United Kingdom