Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
YPO
41 Industrial Park
Wakefield
WF2 0XE
Contact
Contracts Team
Telephone
+44 1924664685
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
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