Electronic marketplace retailing services

Tender description

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. CCS are looking to engage with suppliers or groups of suppliers in order to identify a solution. Products may include but are not limited to: 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. The objective is to help customers to manage their long tail spend. The marketplace 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: • service diverse, low-volume, low-spend goods requirements 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 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.