EBSCO Collections · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of the Highlands and Islands (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Scotland (UKM62)

Awarded value£420,746published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 28 May 2021no call for competition

Awarded to EBSCO Information Services2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A recurring requirement for various collections supplied by EBSCO International for use by undergraduate and postgraduate students.

CPV: Subscription services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The following collections are included in the scope:Awarded

The following collections are included in the scope:

Academic Search Complete; ATLA Religion with ATLA Serials ; Business Source Elite ; CINAHL Complete ; Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text ; Education Research Complete ; Medline with Full Text ; Philosophers Index with Full Text ; SocIndex with Full Text ; SportDiscus with Full Text. Medline (abstracts and index collection)

Delivery: Scotland

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: 28 May 2021, 15:45 BST
Last source update: 14 Jun 2021, 09:05 BST
Authority reference: UHI-LIB-20585
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-013286
Classification (CPV): Subscription services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM62)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02b66f Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The collections are used across the country by institutions and are not supplied by anyone other than EBSCO in the specific set of materials. The content is gathered together in unique collections that are not replicated elsewhere and the collections are held on a platform that provides unique functionality not available from other suppliers.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:657184)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £420,7461 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 28 May 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
EBSCO Information Services	£420,746 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
EBSCO Information Services	£420,746 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 012029-2021-UHI-LIB-20585-1 · EBSCO Information Services
Signed
28 May 2021
Value
£420,746
Status
active
Contract 013286-2021-UHI-LIB-20585-1 · EBSCO Information Services
Signed
28 May 2021
Value
£420,746
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of the Highlands and Islands

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 12b Ness Walk, Inverness, Scotland, IV3 5SQContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Inverness Sheriff & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Inverness

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

EBSCO Information ServicesAwarded supplier 4th Floor, Kingmaker House,, Station Road, New Barnet, UK, EN5 1NZ

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.