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Serials, Periodicals, and Associated Services (Print and Digital)

Newspapers
journals
periodicals and magazines
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC): "Serials, Periodicals, and Associated Services (Print and Digital)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySouthern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC). These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
7.6Bids / Report
5.9% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 91 active published awards; 85 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySouthern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published17 Jul 2023, 10:09 BST
Last source update17 Jul 2023, 10:09 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNewspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0366df
What is being bought
The current ‘Serials, Periodicals and Associated Services’ agreement is led by SUPC and supported by HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, and NWUPC along with the four specialist library consortia Academic Libraries North, MUAL, NEYAL, and WHELF. The agreement ran for an initial 2 year period and has had two 12 month extensions, totally four years. It expires on 30th April 2023 and is likely to be extended until 31st July 2023. The agreement scope remains similar to the current agreement and will cover the supply of serials by subscriptions agents in print and/or electronic formats. This includes current, backissue, backsets and digital archives of 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; standards and databases. Also included are associated services relating to consolidation or usage analysis.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    17 Jul 2023, 10:09 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    17 Jul 2023, 10:09 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    17 Jul 2023, 10:09 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    17 Jul 2023, 10:09 BST
  5. Published value updated to £300,000,000
    14 Apr 2023, 12:24 BST
  6. Status changed to active
    14 Apr 2023, 12:24 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    14 Apr 2023, 12:24 BST
  8. Submission deadline changed to 30 May 2023, 12:00 BST
    14 Apr 2023, 12:24 BST
  9. Published value updated to £250,000,000
    8 Sept 2022, 11:07 BST
  10. Status changed to planned
    8 Sept 2022, 11:07 BST
  11. Official notice release published
    8 Sept 2022, 11:07 BST
  12. Buyer information updated
    8 Sept 2022, 11:07 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Lot 1 is intended for suppliers delivering comprehensive academic library subscription services from any publisher willing to contract via a subscriptions agent, including both print and digital resources with a subscriptions management portal and appropriate consolidation services. Additional information: It is intended that Lot 1 will be awarded to a maximum of 4 Suppliers. NB: A lack of bidders for Lot 2 mean that we are awarding this contract based on the requirements and characteristics of Lot 1 only.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Jul 2023, 10:09 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award unsuccessful
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award unsuccessful
    Not published · Not published
  5. Contract active
    Signed 17 Jul 2023, 00:00 BST · £250,000,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
EBSCO International Inc, Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG, Prenax Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Lot 2 - Partial subscription management service
Not published · Not published · unsuccessful
Selection Questionnaire
Not published · Not published · unsuccessful
Contracts
Lot 1 - Full subscription management service
£250,000,000 · signed 17 Jul 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 3 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 2 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)

Contracting authority GB-FTS-5463
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  • Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    111357
    Reading Enterprise Centre, The University of Reading, Whiteknights Road, Earley Gate, Reading, UK, RG6 6BU
    supc@reading.ac.uk
    +44 1189357081

  • EBSCO International Inc
    supplier

    607979689
    6th Floor, Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, UK, EN1 3XA

  • European Union
    funder

  • Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG
    supplier

    DE 113897518
    Kreuzberger Ring 7 c-d, Wiesbaden, DE, 65205

  • Prenax Limited
    supplier

    GB756963282
    Barrington House, Yeovil, UK, BA20 2HL

  • Southern Universities Management Services
    reviewBody

    Reading Enterprise Centre, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Whiteknights Road, Reading, RG6 6BU
    supc@reading.ac.uk
    +44 1183784304
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published