Digital Marketplace

Buyer
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
Value
£800,000,000
Closes
4 November 2026
Where
Wakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation is setting up a digital marketplace framework that allows public sector organisations to buy goods online. They need a provider to build and run an online ordering platform where public bodies can search, select and purchase products, which are then delivered directly to them.

What the buyer wants

• Build and operate a digital marketplace platform accessible to public sector organisations • Enable end-customers (public bodies) to place orders online for goods • Arrange or manage delivery of ordered goods directly to customers • Support the framework to meet the needs of YPO and other contracting authorities

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

This is a £800m framework contract requiring substantial investment in digital infrastructure, proven track record in large-scale e-commerce platforms, and significant technical capability. This will almost certainly disqualify small independent traders, cleaners, electricians and other traditional tradespeople.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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