Elsevier Knovel Agreement 2025-2030

Official notice

Authority: Jisc Services Limited (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK

Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Awarded 25 Apr 2025no call for competition

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with Elsevier B.V. for Knovel which is a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools and is available as a complete collection or as a customised collection from over 35 subject and content options. The contract is for use of Knovel by Jisc member institutions, not by Jisc itself.

CPV: Education and training services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Bids received: 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

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: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 6 Nov 2024, 16:13 GMT
Last source update: 28 Apr 2025, 17:21 BST
Authority reference: Proc2748
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-017435
Classification (CPV): Education and training services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04b46f 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 works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: Jisc Services Limited incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was shared by means of a VEAT notice. This notification provided information on the award decision. The standstill period, 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, London, WC2A 2LL (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Publisher note: The scope of the framework covers purchases by public sector organisations, including but not limited to the following: · Higher Education institutions · Further Education institutions · Consortiums and any other Organisation or Body whose core purpose is the support or advancement of further or higher education or of research. · Any other education institute such a School or College · Multi Academy Trusts and other such organisations established and acting on behalf of Schools and Colleges · Specialist Colleges · Research councils and other such organisations (including those established for the provision of both education and research · Charities and Third sector organisations · Local Authorities · Housing Associations · NHS bodies and bodies acting on behalf of the NHS · Emergency services and bodies acting on behalf of the NHS · Regional Broadband Consortia and any other the organisations connected to or eligible to connect to the Janet network. · JSL, Jisc, any Jisc subsidiaries and its members. · Any other wider public sector organisation. This framework is open to organisations in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, as well as members of NRENs outside the UK. Many of the above organisations are members of higher and further education purchasing consortia. These consortia are independent organisations that provide a wide range of collaborative purchase agreements to their member institutions. Any member of one of these consortia will be eligible to purchase from this framework by virtue of its membership, as will members of any other similar purchasing consortium in higher or further education that might be formed during the lifetime of the framework. The Framework is available for use by any National Research and Education Network (NREN) and the community it serves where the NREN has either a direct connection to Janet or the NREN is a member at any time during the period of this framework, or the consortium that operates GÉANT. GÉANT is the pan-European research and education network that interconnects Europe’s NRENs. A list of members of the GÉANT consortium (GÉANT Partners) may be found at the URL below. GÉANT may also use this framework. The framework is available for use by HEAnet, its subsidiaries, member institutions and customers to include schools serviced by the HEAnet school’s network. As HEAnet, the NREN of the Republic of Ireland, is connected both to Janet and is a member of the GÉANT consortium. Membership lists for existing higher and further education purchasing consortia may be found at: · https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list (https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list · https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members (https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members · http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members (http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members · http://www.neupc.ac.uk/members (http://www.neupc.ac.uk/members · http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ (http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ · http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members (http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members · https://www.heanet.ie/who-we-are · https://about.geant.org/membership/members-associates-general-assembly-representatives/

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 25 Apr 2025

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

Contract 017435-2025-1-1
Signed
25 Apr 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Contract 035974-2024-1
Signed
5 Nov 2024
Value
ceiling above
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

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body LondonContact email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties on the notice

ELSEVIER B.V.Framework contractor Radarweg 29, Amsterdam, NL
Elsevier B.V. Framework contractor Radarweg 29, Amsterdam, NL, 1043 NX

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.