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Published 16 Nov 2023, 14:20 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

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Official notice

Authority: Jisc Services Limited (Public body)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£1,600,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Oct 2023
Awarded to Oxford University Press Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc intends to enter into contract with Oxford University Press to offer SHEDL members the opportunity to subscribe to OUP's online journals in the fields of arts, humanities and sciences, and the right to publish open access articles in those journals. OUP is the rightsholder to these journals and the sole supplier of this resource. The service is being contracted on behalf of our members, not for Jisc's own use. The contract is for 2 years from 1st Jan 2024.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1
Delivery: UK

What it takes to win
i

How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Nov 2023, 14:20 GMT
Last source update
16 Nov 2023, 14:20 GMT
Authority reference
Proc2366
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-033946
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041a74 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

The supplier is the rightsholder to the IP of the content and the sole supplier of this unique

resource. Therefore Jisc is clear that the arrangement falls within the protection of exclusive

rights, including intellectual property rights, contained within Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii) of the

Public Contracts Regulations 2015, permitting Jisc to enter into the direct award.

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).

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,600,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Oct 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Oxford University Press Limited£1,600,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Jisc Services Ltd

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Oxford University PressAwarded supplier Online Subscriptions - Cashiers, Great Claredon Street, , Oxford, UK, OX2 6DP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.