Official UK procurement notice
NPG RescoLinc Journals Agreement 2022
Authority: Jisc (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionJisc Services Ltd have entered into a contract on behalf of the RescoLinc consortium with Springer Nature Publishing Group for 54 Nature Branded journals across the life, physical, applied sciences and clinical medicine. Content includes daily news from award-winning journalists, expert opinion, practical methodology and high impact research and reviews. Note: This RescoLinc journals agreement covers MRC, BBSRC, NERC, PPARC, Francis Crick Institute, James Hutton Institute and STFC. It is separate from the main NPG journals agreement.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 8 Oct 2021, 09:08 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Nov 2021, 12:36 GMT
- Authority reference
Proc1696- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-029450- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e9a7Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Nature Publishing Group Nature is the rights holder to this unique content, and its sole licensor.
- Review procedure
Jisc Services Limited 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).
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature Publishing Group | £365,205 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Nature Publishing Group | £365,205 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 029450-2021-1-1 · Nature Publishing Group
- Signed
- 4 Nov 2021
- Value
- £365,205
- Status
- active
Contract 025145-2021-1 · Nature Publishing Group
- Signed
- 6 Oct 2021
- Value
- £365,205
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Jisc Services LimitedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Nature Publishing GroupAwarded supplier
- Nature Publishing GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.