Tail Spend Solution (Mercateo UK Limited)
Details
- Supplier(s)
- UNITE PROCUREMENT UK LIMITED
- Value
- £800,000
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Catalogues
- Published
- 14 March 2024
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
Access to an amazon type catalogue solution to improve self serve purchasing experience for SOP users and to automate the end to end Purchase Order to Pay process for products classified as tail spend. These are products that are often low volume and low value and usually brouht to meet a specific, short term need.
Timeline
- Completed: Award published14 March 2024Current notice
- Completed: Award date1 April 2024
- Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 6 months
About the buyer
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 22461000 · Catalogues
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov |
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