Official UK procurement notice
Walter de Gruyter eBook EBA Agreement 2022-2025
Authority: Jisc (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionJisc has entered into a contract with Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG to offer Jisc members the opportunity to access De Gruyter eBook EBA. he De Gruyter eBook EBA Package contains 90,000 e-books, including titles from the Ivy League American University Presses and other notable partner publishers. Subjects include: Linguistics; Philosophy; Classical Studies; Theology & Religion; History; Cultural Studies; Jewish Studies; German Studies; Asian Studies; Social Sciences; Mathematics; Physics; Materials Sciences; Chemistry; Industrial Chemistry; Geosciences, Engineering; Architecture & Design; Life Sciences; Medicine. The service is being contracted on behalf of our members, not for Jisc Collections' own use. The contract will run until March 2025.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 28 Mar 2022, 10:09 BST
- Last source update
- 24 May 2022, 10:41 BST
- Authority reference
Proc1890- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-014183- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0326c9Find 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter De Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG | £544,998 † | — | Awarded |
| Walter De Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG | £544,997 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 014183-2022-1-1 · Walter De Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2022
- Value
- £544,997
- Status
- active
Contract 008239-2022-1 · Walter De Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
- Signed
- 21 Mar 2022
- Value
- £544,998
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Jisc Services LimitedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Walter De Gruyter GmbH & Co. KGAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.