Bloomsbury Publishing Drama Online 2024-2025- Subscription Option

Official notice

Authority: Jisc Services Limited (Public body)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£275,436published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 20 Feb 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Bloomsbury Publishing Plc2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with Bloomsbury Publishing PLC for Bloomsbury Drama Online collections which is a digital library created in response to the need for a high-quality online research tool for drama and literature students, professors, and lecturers.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

80000000 Education and training services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: 5 Feb 2024, 09:49 GMT
Last source update: 4 Mar 2024, 16:33 GMT
Authority reference: Proc2463
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-006894
Classification (CPV): Education and training services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04370a Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Published justification: Bloomsbury is the sole rightsholder and supplier of
this resource.

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: Jisc Services Ltd incorporated a standstill period at the point information about
the contract was shared by means of a VEAT notice. The VEAT notification provided information on the award decision. The standstill period, thereafter, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for suppliers to challenge the award decision before the contract was 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).

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £275,4361 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 20 Feb 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc	£275,436 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc	£275,436 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 006894-2024-1-1 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Signed
20 Feb 2024
Value
£275,436
Status
active
Contract 003629-2024-1 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Signed
31 Jan 2023
Value
£275,436
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Jisc Services Limited

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation 02881024 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, UK, BS1 6NBContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAwarded supplier Angel Court, 50 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, UK, WC1B 3DP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.