ACS Web Editions Licence Agreement 2022-2024

Official notice

Authority: Jisc (Public body)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£10,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Jan 2022no call for competition

Awarded to American Chemical Society2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc Services Ltd has entered into an agreement with the American Chemical Society to offer Jisc member institutions the opportunity to access and use, and also publish open access articles in, the journal collections published by ACS.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK · United Kingdom

80000000 Education and training services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 10 Jan 2022, 12:36 GMT
Last source update: 29 Apr 2022, 09:09 BST
Authority reference: Proc1798
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-011045
Classification (CPV): Education and training services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-030901 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: ACS is the rightsholder and sole supplier of this unique content.

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: Jisc Services Ltd will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to suppliers. This notification provides information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for suppliers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 article 91 provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Publisher note: The contract value is an estimation of spend by Jisc member institutions over the 3 year term.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £10,000,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 1 Jan 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
American Chemical Society	£10,000,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
American Chemical Society	£10,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

ACS Web Editions Licence Agreement 2022-2024 · American Chemical Society
Signed
1 Jan 2022
Value
£10,000,000
Status
active
Contract 011045-2022-1-1 · American Chemical Society
Signed
31 Dec 2021
Value
£10,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Jisc

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation 56579 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, UK, BS1 6NBContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Jisc Services LimitedReview body BristolContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

American Chemical SocietyAwarded supplier 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington DC, US
American Chemical SocietyAwarded supplier 1155 Sixteenth Street, Washington DC, US

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.