Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-05-25
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 66151100
Estimated value: 100000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is seeking a marketplace solution to facilitate and manage ad-hoc, low-volume, low-spend goods requirements across the public sector.
The marketplace aims to provide end users access to a broad, pre-qualified and dynamic supplier base, capable of offering a wide range of goods available for purchase and delivery through a digital marketplace.
Stationary 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 goods.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) intends to conduct a procurement to establish a commercial agreement to provide, host and manage a long tail marketplace. The marketplace shall:
• enable public sector buyers with access to a pre-qualified, dynamic and extensive supplier base, capable of providing a broad range of products 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;
• enable a single contracting entity to purchase from it ensuring that invoices are issued from one provider and issues are managed by the same provider.
This prior information notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the ‘digital retail marketplace’ market.
Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions during June/July with suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting framework contract. If you are interested in attending a market engagement session please express your interest by emailing tailmanagement@crowncommercial.gov.uk no later than midday on 5 June 2020. Further details will be provided to you.
Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact details for the individual(s) who will be participating in the market engagement.
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
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 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 Tenders electronic daily for the publication of the OJEU contract notice.
The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for central government contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The government is taking steps to further 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 properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.
To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are cyber essentials plus certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement.


Award value: 100000000