Serials, Periodicals and Associated Services Joint Consortia Agreement

Official notice

Authority: University of Reading (Education)

Goods

Sectors: Printed matter and related products (22) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£320,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 17 Apr 2023

Awarded to EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC +2 more

What is being bought

Published requirement description

No description was published on the notice. See the official documents.

CPV: Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Joint-Consortia Framework Agreement for Serials, Periodicals and Associated Services

Subscription agent/intermediary services to provide current and back issues of electronic and print periodicals; newspapers and annuals (annual conference proceedings, reports, yearbooks, etc); the journals, memoirs, proceedings, transactions and other similar publications of societies; numbered monographic series; standing orders; and databases. Associated services includes but is not limited to access to a subscription management

system, renewals, new orders, claims handling and processing, accessing e-journals, licence information,

publisher liaison, consolidation services for printed materials.

Delivery: UK · Various locations around the UK

22200000 Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
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: 17 Apr 2023, 12:09 BST
Last source update: 17 Apr 2023, 12:09 BST
Authority reference: LIB 4038SU
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-010944
Classification (CPV): Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03bf21 Find a Tender

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £320,000,0001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 17 Apr 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC, Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG, Prenax Limitedjoint award	£320,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Joint-Consortia Framework Agreement for Serials, Periodicals and Associated Services · EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC, Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG, Prenax Limited
Signed
17 Apr 2023
Value
£320,000,000
Status
active
- Change Extension of framework expiry date from 30th April 2023 to 31st July 2023. No other changes are to be made. The reasons for the modification are consistent with the derogation grounds in Article 72(1)(c) of Directive 2014/24/EU (reg72(1)(c) Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended)., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Preparation work ahead of retendering this framework agreement was delayed by 3 months due to illness. The ITT was publishedon 14th April 2023.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)

Contracting authorityEducation 111357 Reading Enterprise Centre, The University of Reading, Whiteknights Road, Earley Gate, Reading, UK, RG6 6BUContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Southern Universities Management ServicesReview body Reading
Southern Universities Purchasing ConsortiumReview contact point Reading

Bidders & participating suppliers

5 commercial parties on the notice

EBSCO International IncAwarded supplierFC16134 6th Floor, Civic Centre, Silver Street, Middlesex, Enfield, UK, EN1 3XA
EBSCO International IncAwarded supplierFC16134 6th Floor Civic Centre, Silver Street, Middlesex, London, UK, Enfield, UK, EN1 3XA
Otto Harrassowitz GmbH and Co. KGAwarded supplierHRA1056 Kreuzberger Ring 7 b-d, Wiesbaden, DE, 65205
Otto Harrassowitz GmbH and Co. KGAwarded supplierHRA1056 Kreuzberger Ring 7b-d, Wiesbaden, DE, 65205
Prenax LimitedAwarded supplier03966286 Barrington House, Watercombe Park, Yeovil, UK, BA20 2HL

Official documents & specifications

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