Oxford University Press (OUP) Oxford Medicine Online (OxMed) Collection for Medical Schools with Trust Extension 2025-2028

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 24 Feb 2025no call for competition

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with Oxford University Press (OUP). This framework agreement provides access to the complete Oxford Medicine Online medical eBook collection plus access to Oxford Clinical Psychology. This agreement is open to institutions with a medical school that also wishes to extend access to their associated trusts (where the institution can sign the licence). OUP is the sole rightsholder and supplier of this resource. This contract is for use by Jisc Members only and not for Jisc's own use.

CPV: Education and training services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Bids received: 1 bids received · 2 suppliers appointed

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 · 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: 28 Jan 2025, 15:46 GMT
Last source update: 4 Mar 2025, 16:25 GMT
Authority reference: Proc2858
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-007914
Classification (CPV): Education and training services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04d6d0 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, London, WC2A 2LL (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Publisher note: This agreement is open to institutions with a medical school that also wishes to extend access to their associated trusts (where the institution can sign the licence). The scope of the framework covers purchases by the following: • Higher Education institutions with medical schools and associated health trusts • NHS bodies and bodies acting on behalf of the NHS • Emergency services and bodies acting on behalf of the NHS 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

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 2admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 24 Feb 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, £500,076, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

Contract 007914-2025-1-1
Signed
24 Feb 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Oxford University Press (OUP) Oxford Medicine Online (OxMed) Collection for Medical Schools with Trust Extension 2025-2028
Signed
27 Jan 2025
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

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties on the notice

Oxford University Press (OUP)Framework contractor Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, UK, OX2 6DP
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTER, AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (TRADING AS OUP)Framework contractor Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, UK, OX2 6DP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.