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Published 4 Aug 2021, 13:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

LUP Open Planning 2022 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Jisc (Public body)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£780,0002 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 3 Aug 2021no call for competition
Awarded to LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS 2004 LIMITED2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc has entered a 3 year contract with LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS to provide Jisc member institutions with the opportunity to Subscribe to Open transformative agreement for International Development Planning Review and Town Planning Review. Current year(2022) content will be flipped to OA under a CC BY licence once the threshold has been reached. The service is being contracted on behalf of our members and not for Jisc’s own use.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Jisc has entered into a 3 year contract with LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS to provide…Awarded

Jisc has entered into a 3 year contract with LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS to provide Jisc member institutions with the opportunity to Subscribe to Open transformative agreement for International Development Planning Review and Town Planning Review. Current year(2022) content will be flipped to OA under a CC BY licence once the threshold has been reached. The service is being contracted on behalf of our members and not for Jisc’s own use. Additional information: The contract value is an estimate based on the aggregate sum of the licence fees that will be paid to the supplier by Jisc member institutions over the term of the contract. Jisc

Collections itself makes no payment to the supplier for this service

Delivery: UK

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
4 Aug 2021, 13:53 BST
Last source update
20 Apr 2022, 14:09 BST
Authority reference
Proc1623
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-010294
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d0b8 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

The publishing service and content is unique to the supplier. 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 will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award

of the contract is communicated to suppliers. This notification provides information on the

award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days,

provides time for suppliers to challenge the award decision before the contract is 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).

Notice history

3 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—Textdescription · 11.1.4Jisc is seeking to enter a 1 year contract with LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS to provide Jisc member institutions with the opportunity to Subscribe to Open transformative agreement for International Development Planning Review and Town Planning Review. Current year (2022) content will be flipped to OA under a CC BY licence once the threshold has been reached. The service is being contracted on behalf…Jisc is entering a 3 year contract with LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS to provide Jisc member institutions with the opportunity to Subscribe to Open transformative agreement for International Development Planning Review and Town Planning Review. Current year (2022) content will be flipped to OA under a CC BY licence once the threshold has been reached. The service is being contracted on behalf of our …

The contract will end on 31st July 2024 and the estimated value is £585000.00

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £780,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 3 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS 2004 LIMITED£585,000 †—Awarded
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS 2004 LIMITED£195,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Jisc

Contracting authorityPublic bodyNational Research and Education Network ProviderEducation 56579 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, UK, BS1 6NBContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.