The Royal Society Journals Read & Publish 2025

Official notice

Authority: Jisc Services Limited (Public body)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£810,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Aug 2024no call for competition

Awarded to The Royal Society2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with The Royal Society to offer our members access to the Society’s online journals in the area of scientific research; also the opportunity to publish open access articles in those journals.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

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: 17 Jul 2024, 14:34 BST
Last source update: 27 Aug 2024, 00:19 BST
Authority reference: Proc2623
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-027208
Classification (CPV): Education and training services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-047e23 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 Royal Society is the rightsholder and sole supplier of these journals.

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: Jisc Services Limited incorporated a standstill period at the point information about
the contract was shared by means of a VEAT notice. The VEAT notification provided information on the award decision. The standstill period, thereafter, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for suppliers to challenge the award decision before the contract was 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 £810,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 1 Aug 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
The Royal Society	£810,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
The Royal Society	£810,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 027208-2024-1-1 · The Royal Society
Signed
1 Aug 2024
Value
£810,000
Status
active
Contract 022062-2024-1 · The Royal Society
Signed
12 Jul 2024
Value
£810,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Jisc Services Limited

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

The Royal SocietyAwarded supplier 6-9 Charlton House Terrace , London, UK, SW1Y 5AG

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.