IOP Publishing Read and Publish 2024-2025

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£4,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 23 Feb 2024no call for competition

Awarded to IOP Publishing Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc has entered into contract with IOP Publishing Ltd to offer its members the opportunity to subscribe to IOP's online journals in the fields of physics and allied sciences, and the right to publish open access articles in those journals. IOP is the rightsholder to these journals and the sole supplier of this resource. The service is being contracted on behalf of our members, not for Jisc's own use. The contract is for 2 years from 1st Jan 2024.

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: 16 Nov 2023, 14:20 GMT
Last source update: 15 May 2024, 09:04 BST
Authority reference: Proc2369
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-015385
Classification (CPV): Education and training services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-041a71 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 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 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 (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £4,000,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 23 Feb 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
IOP Publishing Limited	£4,000,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
IOP Publishing Limited	£4,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

IOP Publishing Read and Publish 2024-2025 · IOP Publishing Limited
Signed
23 Feb 2024
Value
£4,000,000
Status
active
IOP Publishing Read and Publish 2024-2025 · IOP Publishing Limited
Signed
9 Oct 2023
Value
£4,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Jisc Services Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation 02881024 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, UK, BS1 6NBContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

IOP Publishing LimitedAwarded supplier No.2 The Distillery, Glassfields, Avon Street, Bristol, BS2 0GR, Bristol, UK, BS2 0GR
IOP Publishing LtdAwarded supplier Temple Circus, Temple Way,, Bristol, UK, BS1 6BE

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.