---
title: "CFM0169 - Digital Marketplace"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000843288"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Fife Council"
published: "2026-09-17"
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# CFM0169 - Digital Marketplace

Buyer: Fife Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000843288

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## Summary

Fife Council established a digital marketplace arrangement with Amazon Business, allowing the council to buy through an Amazon Business Account using its purchasing and procurement system. The service is intended to generate savings from consolidated or account-based purchasing. It is a services requirement delivered for Fife Council in Fife. The procurement covered one requirement: implementing the contract and enabling council purchases through Amazon. This is a digital procurement and marketplace service rather than the supply of a specified group of physical goods. Amazon Business is the selected supplier and the arrangement supports the council’s general public-service purchasing activity through its central procurement function.

This procurement has been completed and the contract is active. Fife Council used a limited award procedure without publishing a prior call for competition, on the stated basis that only Amazon could be used for the product. The procurement was treated as a single lot and the award went to Amazon Business. The contract was signed on 29 March 2023 for £5,200,000. One bid was recorded, submitted electronically by a non-UK supplier; no SME bid was recorded. The published rationale classifies the route as the absence of competition for technical reasons. The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. No separate contract end date or award date is provided.

For a supplier assessing comparable future requirements, this award shows demand from Fife Council for a large-scale digital marketplace or business purchasing account, linked to savings through an established procurement platform. A credible competitor would need to provide a reliable online purchasing environment, support public-sector buying controls and integrate with council procurement processes. Evidence of delivering account-based purchasing at substantial public-sector scale would be important, as would the ability to offer commercially demonstrable savings and dependable fulfilment through the platform. The recorded competition involved a single large supplier and was justified on technical exclusivity, so an alternative provider would need to show a clear technical route to meeting the council’s required purchasing model.

## Notice

Set up contract to use Amazon through Fife Council's purchasing and procurement system

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Implementing a contract with Amazon to enable the Council to make savings based on using a Amazon Business Account.

### Procurement Information

Only Amazon can be used for this product

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564715 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £5,200,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Fife Council |
| Locality | GLENROTHES |
| Postcode area | Kirkcaldy |
| Postcode | KY7 5LT |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM0 Eastern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM01 Clackmannanshire and Fife |
| Local authority | Fife |
| Electoral ward | Glenrothes Central and Thornton |
| Westminster constituency | Glenrothes and Mid Fife |
| Delivery location | TLM72 Clackmannanshire and Fife |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Amazon Business |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66151100 - Electronic marketplace retailing services

## Release History

- 17 Sep 2026 at 01:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564715

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564715
  CFM0169 - Digital Marketplace - Set up contract to use Amazon through Fife Council's purchasing and procurement system

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.fife.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000843288

## Provenance

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