ProQuest One Literature & Literature Online Complete Agreements 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£2,632,5642 contracts · exc. VAT

Awarded 14 Dec 2021no call for competition

Awarded to Proquest LLC, ProQuet LLC2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc Services Limited has contracted with ProQuest LLC for ProQuest Literature Online and ProQuest One Literature, which has been developed in collaboration with faculty, scholars and librarians leading the call for a comprehensive literature resource that employs the varied content they need to examine literary topics and voices for research, critical perspectives and teaching.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Jisc Services Limited intends to contract with ProQuest LLC for Literature Online and…Awarded

Jisc Services Limited intends to contract with ProQuest LLC for Literature Online and ProQuest One Literature, which has been developed in collaboration with faculty, scholars and librarians leading the call for a comprehensive literature resource that employs the varied content they need to examine literary topics and voices for research, critical perspectives and teaching.

Delivery: UK

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: 19 Oct 2021, 09:40 BST
Last source update: 21 Dec 2021, 10:21 GMT
Authority reference: Proc1705
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-031879
Classification (CPV): Education and training services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02ed37 Find a Tender

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

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 2

Awarded value £2,632,5642 contracts exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 14 Dec 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Proquest LLC	£1,316,282 †	—	Awarded
ProQuet LLC	£1,316,282 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 031879-2021-1-1 · ProQuet LLC
Signed
14 Dec 2021
Value
£1,316,282
Status
active
ProQuest One Literature & Literature Online Complete Agreements 2022-2024 · Proquest LLC
Signed
15 Oct 2021
Value
£1,316,282
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

PROQUEST LLCAwarded supplier 769 E.Elsendhowor Parkway, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, US, MI 48106-1
ProQuet LLCAwarded supplier Quorum, Barnwell Road, Cambridge, UK, CB5 8SW

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.