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# Digital Archival Collections group purchasing scheme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-archival-collections-group-purchasing-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-03fccc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Jisc Services Limited: "Digital Archival Collections group purchasing scheme". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Jisc Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/jisc-services-limited-coh-02881024)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £485,500 (exc. VAT, 6 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03fccc`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-archival-collections-group-purchasing-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-03fccc#tl-md)

## Description
Jisc is seeking to enter into contract with the following suppliers to provide a Digital Archival Collections group purchasing scheme. This group purchasing scheme is available to any supplier that is able to meet the requirements set out below and previously provided within the published PIN. The scope of the DAC group purchasing scheme is an acquisition model offering members automatic discount off product list prices, transparent banded pricing, and increasing discounts based on volume of sales generated.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Jisc has been working in collaboration with publishers to make digital archival collections of
primary source materials more affordable so researchers, learners and teachers can enjoy
access to a wider range of resources and libraries can achieve fur...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (6)
- **Award:** East View Information Services Digital Archival Collections (active)
  - Award id: `035545-2023-Proc2304-1`
  - Supplier(s): **East View Information Services**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-131285`
  - Value: £14,500 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** De Gruyter Primary Source Databases & Reference Works (active)
  - Award id: `035545-2023-Proc2304-2`
  - Supplier(s): **De Gruyter**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-63731`
  - Value: £16,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** British Online Archives (active)
  - Award id: `035545-2023-Proc2304-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Microform Imaging Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-14255`
  - Value: £250,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Radical Newspaper Archive (active)
  - Award id: `035545-2023-Proc2304-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Irish Newspaper Archives Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-131282`
  - Value: £55,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** JSTOR Primary Source Collections (active)
  - Award id: `035545-2023-Proc2304-5`
  - Supplier(s): **ITHAKA d/b/a JSTOR**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-99852`
  - Value: £91,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** ProQuest Digital Archive Collection (active)
  - Award id: `035545-2023-Proc2304-6`
  - Supplier(s): **ProQuest LLC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-172919`
  - Value: £59,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (6)
- **Contract:** East View Information Services Digital Archival Collections (active)
  - Signed Value: £14,500
  - Signed Date: 01/12/2023

- **Contract:** De Gruyter Primary Source Databases & Reference Works (active)
  - Signed Value: £16,000
  - Signed Date: 01/12/2023

- **Contract:** British Online Archives (active)
  - Signed Value: £250,000
  - Signed Date: 01/12/2023

- **Contract:** Radical Newspaper Archive (active)
  - Signed Value: £55,000
  - Signed Date: 01/12/2023

- **Contract:** JSTOR Primary Source Collections (active)
  - Signed Value: £91,000
  - Signed Date: 01/12/2023

- **Contract:** ProQuest Digital Archive Collection (active)
  - Signed Value: £59,000
  - Signed Date: 01/12/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035545-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-01T16:05:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T15:46:12.346Z
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