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title: "Amazon Business eMarketplace to Facilitate Tail-End Spend"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000846269"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Heriot-Watt University"
published: "2026-10-21"
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# Amazon Business eMarketplace to Facilitate Tail-End Spend

Buyer: Heriot-Watt University  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000846269

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## Summary

Heriot-Watt University uses Amazon Business’s eMarketplace to manage tail-end purchasing: low-value or low-volume requirements that are not covered by a strategic contract or framework. The service provides access to a broad range of general and specialist goods, including office supplies, computer equipment, vehicle parts and equipment, and other miscellaneous products. The University’s Amazon Business Prime account and tailored purchasing policies are intended to support compliant buying, control spending and secure product and delivery savings. Business analytics bring corporate-card and catalogue purchases together in one management-information portal. Deliveries are for the University’s UK campuses.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. Heriot-Watt University selected Amazon Business UK for a single-lot call-off from the NEUPC ITS2010 NE single-supplier framework; the route was a limited award without a separate competition. One bid was recorded. The contract was signed on 16 October 2026 and is for five years, with a contract value of £500,000. The award is solely to Amazon Business UK. The requirement covers tail-end purchasing not addressed by other frameworks or local contracts. The source describes the framework as appointing Amazon Business EU Sàrl as the sole provider, while identifying Amazon Business UK as the supplier for this call-off.

This award shows demand from Heriot-Watt University for a managed online marketplace serving purchases that are too low in value or volume for dedicated contracts. A credible future competitor would need a broad catalogue of general and specialist products, an efficient purchasing route that supports compliance with buyer-defined policies, and reliable delivery options. The requirement also favours suppliers able to provide account-level purchasing controls and analytics that consolidate corporate-card and catalogue transactions into usable management information. Experience supplying higher-education institutions and integrating marketplace purchasing with institutional procurement processes would be relevant. The existing route was a call-off from a single-supplier university purchasing framework, so framework appointment is central to competing through the same route.

## Notice

5 year Contract is a Call-off from NEUPC ITS2010 NE single supplier Framework specifically for Tail-End Spend awarded solely to Amazon Business.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Call-off contract aim is to deliver an efficient and compliant route to market to meet the University's requirements and manage our Tail-End spend. Tail-End spend is defined as spend of low value or low volume where there is no strategic contract or framework in place for the institution to cover the requirement. This Call-off and our Amazon Business Prime account allows the University to maximise best value via the wide range of Tail-End and specialist items made available, while tailored Buying Policies allow us to control spend and maximise product and free delivery savings. Amazon's Business Analytics tools allow us to track all spend via corporate cards and a Punchout catalogue in a single MI portal. NEUPC ITS2010 NE framework appointed Amazon Business EU Sarl as the sole provider who could supply a wide ranging eMarketplace to facilitate Tail-End spend not covered by other frameworks or local contracts.

### Procurement Information

Call-off from a national single supplier framework

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567098 |
| 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 | 21 Oct 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 | £500,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Heriot-Watt University |
| Locality | RICCARTON, EDINBURGH |
| Postcode area | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH14 4AS |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Pentland Hills |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South West |
| Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 30190000 - Various office equipment and supplies
- 30236000 - Miscellaneous computer equipment
- 34913000 - Miscellaneous spare parts
- 39300000 - Miscellaneous equipment
- 66151100 - Electronic marketplace retailing services

## Release History

- 21 Oct 2026 at 01:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567098

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567098
  Amazon Business eMarketplace to Facilitate Tail-End Spend - 5 year Contract is a Call-off from NEUPC ITS2010 NE single supplier Framework specifically for Tail-End Spend awarded solely to Amazon Business.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://hw.ac.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000846269

## Provenance

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