Official UK procurement notice
195319.05 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWEB OF SCIENCE, INSPEC - WEB OF SCIENCE PERPETUAL LICENSE SUB, CHINESE SCIENCE CITATION DATABASE, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS and DERWENT INNOVATIONS INDEX.
CPV: Subscription services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Apr 2021, 22:55 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Apr 2021, 22:55 BST
- Authority reference
1000162825- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-008407- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a848Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) CBRISS Commercial Team, which is part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (UK MOD), is intending to place a Contract with Clarivate Analytics (UK) Ltd for the subscription renewal of the Web of Science digital platform which provides a single destination to access reliable, integrated, multidisciplinary scientific research. This renewed subscription will be for 1 year.
It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for Technical Reasons. This is because competition is absent, as only Clarivate Analytics UK Ltd provide a digital platform that meets the UK MOD’s requirements.
The UK MOD requires a digital platform that provides reliable, high quality, integrated, multidisciplinary research with curated content delivered alongside information on emerging trends, subject specific content and analysis tools, enabling users to pinpoint the most relevant research to inform our work.
In addition, the UK MOD requires access to research information which only Clarivate Analytics can provide in a consolidated format, including unique research information such as:
- Chinese Science Citation Database
- Russian Science Citation Database
- Derwent Innovations Index
All of these requirements are provided through the subscription to the Web of Science digital platform and there isn’t a reasonable alternative platform provided by another supplier available in the market.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARIVATE ANALYTICSRenewal of Web of ScienceSubcontracting: declared | US$195,319 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Renewal of Web of Science · CLARIVATE ANALYTICS
- Signed
- 20 Apr 2021
- Value
- US$195,319
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Ministry of Defence, Dstl (Defence Science & Technology Laboratory)Mediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Clarivate Analytics (UK) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.