Tail Spend Solution Modification

Opportunity overview

Crown 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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Mercateo UK Ltd

Match pending…

Contract value: £1bn
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 4 Oct 2021
Award ID: 026022-2021-RM6202-1
Status: active
Identifier: 8627563
Location: London, UK, WC2B 5AH, United Kingdom

OT Group Limited

Match pending…

Contract value: £1bn
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 4 Oct 2021
Award ID: 026022-2021-RM6202-2
Status: active
Identifier: 05607779
Location: Smethwick, UK, B66 1BL, United Kingdom

See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier list

Match pending…

Shared contract value: £1bn
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 4 Oct 2021
Suppliers: One of 2 awarded suppliers
Award ID: 064994-2025-RM6202-1
Status: active
Location: Liverpool, UK, L3 9PP, United Kingdom

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Match pending…

Shared contract value: £1bn
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 4 Oct 2021
Suppliers: One of 2 awarded suppliers
Award ID: 064994-2025-RM6202-1
Status: active
Location: Liverpool, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV66151100 — Electronic marketplace retailing services

Lots

Crown 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 aValue not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: RM6202
Status: complete
Has Recurrence: Yes
Procurement Method: open
Main Procurement Category: services
How to submit: https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
Procurement Method Details: Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date: 5 Jul 2021, 15:00

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement: Yes

Framework Agreement

Maximum Participants: 2

Expected award period

Starts: 5 Jul 2021, 15:00

Tender Period

Ends: 5 Jul 2021, 15:00

Contract terms

Has Electronic Payment: Yes
Has Electronic Ordering: Yes
Electronic Invoicing Policy: allowed

Classification

Id: 66151100
Scheme: CPV
Description: Electronic marketplace retailing services

Submission terms

Languages

Bid Validity Period

Duration In Days: 180

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

written

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Type: suitability
Description: 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.

Applies To

supplier

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Title: Crown 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 a
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Has Renewal: Yes
Description: 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.

Renewal

Description: No

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Quality
Type: quality
Description: 80

Criterion 2

Type: price
Description: 20

Contract period

Duration In Days: 1,440

Submission terms

Variant Policy: notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK

Entry 2

Region: UK

Entry 3

Region: UK

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 66151100
Scheme: CPV
Description: Electronic marketplace retailing services

Published documents

Entry 1

Id: economic
Document Type: economicSelectionCriteria

Entry 2

Id: technical
Document Type: technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-FTS-3755
Name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Roles

buyer

centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region: UK
Locality: Liverpool
Postal Code: L3 9PP
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: 9th Floor, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street

Details

Url: https://www.gov.uk/ccs ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Id: MINISTRY
Scheme: TED_CA_TYPE
Description: Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

Entry 2

Id: 01
Scheme: COFOG
Description: General public services

Identifier

Legal Name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Contact

Url: https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
Email: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 3150103503

Organisation 2

Id: GB-FTS-575
Name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Roles

reviewBody

reviewContactPoint

Address

Locality: Liverpool
Postal Code: L3 9PP
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: 9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street

Details

Url: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/ ↗

Identifier

Legal Name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Contact

Email: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 3450103503

Organisation 3

Id: GB-FTS-31840
Name: Mercateo UK Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region: UK
Locality: London
Postal Code: WC2B 5AH
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: 16 Great Queen Street,

Details

Scale: sme

Identifier

Id: 8627563
Legal Name: Mercateo UK Ltd

Organisation 4

Id: GB-FTS-31841
Name: OT Group Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region: UK
Locality: Smethwick
Postal Code: B66 1BL
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: Dartmouth Road

Details

Scale: large

Identifier

Id: 05607779
Legal Name: OT Group Limited

Organisation 5

Id: GB-FTS-3754
Name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Roles

buyer

Address

Region: UK
Locality: Liverpool
Postal Code: L3 9PP
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: The Capital Building, Old Hall Street

Details

Url: https://www.gov.uk/ccs ↗

Identifier

Legal Name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Contact

Email: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 3454102222

Organisation 6

Id: GB-FTS-38566
Name: See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier list

Roles

supplier

Address

Region: UK
Locality: Liverpool
Postal Code: L3 9PP
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: 9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street

Details

Scale: large

Identifier

Legal Name: See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier list

Contact

Email: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 3454102222

Organisation 7

Id: GB-FTS-142927
Name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Roles

supplier

Address

Region: UK
Locality: Liverpool
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: The Capital Building, Old Hall Street

Details

Scale: large

Identifier

Legal Name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Organisation 8

Id: GB-FTS-2191
Name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality: Liverpool
Postal Code: L3 9PP
Country Name: United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Award information

Award 1

Id: 026022-2021-RM6202-1
Title: Tail Spend Solution
Status: active

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-31840
Name: Mercateo UK Ltd

Related lots

Award 2

Id: 026022-2021-RM6202-2
Title: Tail Spend Solution
Status: active

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-31841
Name: OT Group Limited

Related lots

Award 3

Id: 064994-2025-RM6202-1
Status: active

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-38566
Name: See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier list

Supplier 2

Id: GB-FTS-142927
Name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 026022-2021-RM6202-1
Title: Tail Spend Solution
Status: active
Award ID: 026022-2021-RM6202-1
Date Signed: 5 Oct 2021, 00:00

Value

Amount: 1,000,000,000
Currency: GBP

Entry 2

Id: 026022-2021-RM6202-2
Title: Tail Spend Solution
Status: active
Award ID: 026022-2021-RM6202-2
Date Signed: 5 Oct 2021, 00:00

Value

Amount: 1,000,000,000
Currency: GBP

Entry 3

Id: 064994-2025-RM6202-1
Status: active
Award ID: 064994-2025-RM6202-1
Date Signed: 5 Oct 2021, 00:00

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Title: Crown 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 a
Related Lot: 1

Classification

Id: 66151100
Scheme: CPV
Description: Electronic marketplace retailing services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK

Value

Amount: 1,000,000,000
Currency: GBP

Period

Ends: 25 Jul 2026, 23:59
Starts: 5 Oct 2025, 00:00

Amendments

Entry 1

Id: 1
Rationale: 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.
Description: 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.

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Liverpool · UK · L3 9PP · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

ocds-h6vhtk-02b855-2025-10-14T08:09:53+01:00compiled · 14 Oct 2025, 08:09