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Published 21 Jun 2022, 14:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ProQuest UK and Ireland Historical Newspaper Collection 2022-2025 and ProQuest UK and Ireland Historical Newspaper Collection: Combined Agreement 2022-2025

Official notice

Authority: Jisc Services Limited (Public body)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£199,020published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 17 Jun 2022
Awarded to Proquest LLC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc Services Ltd is seeking to enter into contract with ProQuest LLC to offer our members the opportunity to access online content. The service is being contracted on behalf of our members; not for Jisc's own use. The contract will be for 3 years.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Jisc Services Ltd is seeking to enter into contract with ProQuest LLC to offer our…

Jisc Services Ltd is seeking to enter into contract with ProQuest LLC to offer our members the opportunity to access online content. ProQuest UK and Ireland Historical Newspaper Collection is a historical newspaper archive that includes leading British and Irish titles: The Guardian 1821-2003; The Observer 1791-2003; The Irish Times 1859-2012; The Weekly Irish Times 1876-1958; The Scotsman 1817-1950. The service is being contracted on behalf of our members; not for Jisc's own use. The contract will be for 3 years. 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 three year term of the contract. Jisc itself makes no payment to the supplier for this service.

Delivery: UK

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 Jun 2022, 14:27 BST
Last source update
21 Jun 2022, 14:27 BST
Authority reference
Proc1965
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-016936
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0348cd 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 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).

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £199,0201 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Jun 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Proquest LLC£199,020 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 016936-2022-1 · Proquest LLC

    Signed
    17 Jun 2022
    Value
    £199,020
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Jisc Services Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawNational Research and Education Network Provider 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, UK, BS1 6NBContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ProQuest LLCAwarded supplier Accounts Receivable, 769 E.Elsenhowor Parkway, P.O BOX 1346, Ann Arbor, US, MI 48106-1

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.