COB Journals 2025 · UK public procurement notice

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£1,120,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 21 Oct 2024no call for competition

Awarded to The Company of Biologists Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with the Company of Biologists to offer Jisc members the opportunity to subscribe to its online journals in the field of biology, and also to publish open access articles in those journals. The contract is for Jisc members and not for Jisc's own use.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

80000000 Education and training services

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: 19 Aug 2024, 12:19 BST
Last source update: 22 Oct 2024, 14:34 BST
Authority reference: Proc2650
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-034167
Classification (CPV): Education and training services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0491b6 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: Company of Biologists is the rightsholder and sole supplier of this content and the only
supplier able to offer this service.

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 £1,120,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 21 Oct 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
The Company of Biologists Limited	£1,120,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
The Company of Biologists Limited	£1,120,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 034167-2024-1-1 · The Company of Biologists Limited
Signed
21 Oct 2024
Value
£1,120,000
Status
active
Contract 026292-2024-1 · The Company of Biologists Limited
Signed
31 Jul 2024
Value
£1,120,000
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 Company of Biologists LimitedAwarded supplier Bidder Building, Station Road, Histon, Cambridge, UK, CB24 9LF

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.