Official UK procurement notice
SHEDL eBook Collections - Oxford University Press (OUP)
Authority: APUC Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAPUC has entered into an agreement with Oxford University Press to offer Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL) member institutions access to Oxford Scholarship Online eBook collection and partner presses, free of Digital Rights Management (DRM), for up to 4 years.
APUC will not use the content but will facilitate the purchase on behalf of the HE institutions in Scotland and the National Library of Scotland. The Contract value is estimated based on potential participation by its members
CPV: Education and training services · Library books
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1APUC has entered an agreement with Oxford University Press on behalf of the members of…Awarded
APUC has entered an agreement with Oxford University Press on behalf of the members of SHEDL for access to Oxford Scholarship Online eBooks collections free of digital rights management. Additional information: The contract value is an estimate based on the potential aggregated value over the possible term of 48 months. APUC will not
use or make payments under this contract but will facilitate the agreement on behalf of the Scottish HE Institutions and the National Library of 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Feb 2025, 16:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Apr 2025, 08:41 BST
- Authority reference
LIB1028 AP- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015123- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ddd8Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to procurement aiming at the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance
- Published justification
The publishing service is unique to the supplier and sector. The agreement falls within the derogation contained within Regulation 33(b)(i)of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, permitting APUC to enter into the direct award.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:796376)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 015123-2025-LIB1028 AP-1
- Signed
- 27 Mar 2025
- Value
- £900,000
- Status
- active
Contract 004609-2025-LIB1028 AP-1
- Signed
- 11 Feb 2025
- Value
- £9,000,000
- 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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Stirling Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Oxford University PressFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.