Official UK procurement notice
SpringerCompact Journals 2023-2024 - Existing Subscribers Only
Authority: Jisc (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionJisc is seeking to enter into a contract with Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbH to offer Jisc members the opportunity to access SpringerCompact Journals. This offer relates to the updated and amended SpringerCompact agreement 2019-2021, combining hybrid open access publishing in ~1,900 Springer journals and access to the content of ~2,500 Springer journals for the period 2019 to 2021, now extended to 2022 and including the 38 Academic Journals. The contract will be for 2 year from 1st Jan 2023.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Offer Jisc members the opportunity to access SpringerCompact Journal
offer Jisc members the opportunity to access SpringerCompact Journal. This offer relates to the updated and amended SpringerCompact agreement 2019-2021, combining hybrid open access publishing in ~1,900 Springer journals and access to the content of ~2,500 Springer journals for the period 2019 to 2021, now extended to 2022 and including the 38 Academic Journals. The contract will be for 2 year from 1st Jan 2023. Additional information: The contract value is an estimate based on the aggregate sum of the licence fees that will be paid to the supplier by Jisc member institutions over the two year term of the contract. Jisc Collections itself makes no payment to the supplier for this service.
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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).
- 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
- 28 Sept 2022, 16:22 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2022, 16:22 BST
- Authority reference
Proc2048- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-027240- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036c4dFind 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature Customer Service Center Gmbh | £22,608,411 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
SpringerCompact Journals 2023-2024 - Existing Subscribers Only · Springer Nature Customer Service Center Gmbh
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2022
- Value
- £22,608,411
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Jisc Services LtdReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbHAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.