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Published 17 Dec 2024, 14:12 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

SERIALS SUBSCRIPTION AGENT · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,001,000exc. VAT20.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 15 Jan 2025awarded 21 Jul 2025
Awarded to EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority is seeking to procure a Supplier to manage the provision of serials subscriptions and journals subscriptions to the libraries of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which have a requirement for delivery of print and electronic periodicals, journals, and magazines. The Authority currently subscribes to over 300 print and electronic journal titles.

CPV: Subscription services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and The Corporate Officer of the House…AwardedPublished value£1,001,000

The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords (acting jointly) invite tenders from suitable organisations who wish to tender for a single supplier contract for a Serials Subscription Agent to manage the provision of serials subscriptions and journals subscriptions to the libraries of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which have a requirement for delivery of print and electronic periodicals, journals, and magazines. The contract will commence on 14th April 2025 and will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years on the following basis: 3+1+1.<br/><br/>The full requirements are set out within the procurement documents which are downloadable free of charge from Atamis: atamis-ukparliament.my.site.com/s/Welcomehttps://ata… ↗ If your organisation is not already registered on the UK Parliament Atamis portal, please use the URL above and click on the 'Register here' button, registration is free. Guidance on how to register is available via a link beneath the registration button. Once logged in, click on ‘Find opportunities’ and follow the on-screen instructions. Supplier guidance and support is available once logged in. To ensure you receive email notifications from our system, please add the email domain '[email protected]’ to your Safe Senders list. The portal does not currently have the ability to generate alerts to registered suppliers when a new opportunity is published, therefore suppliers are encouraged to register as a supplier and subscribe to the notification service available in both Find a Tender and Contracts Finder to ensure they are notified immediately after publication of any new opportunities.

Delivery: London · Palace of Westminster
Variant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40%
  • Commerical: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Commerical: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
17 Dec 2024, 14:12 GMT
Last source update
23 Jul 2025, 10:37 BST
Award evaluation window
12 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
GSV2686
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042273
Classification (CPV)
Subscription services
Delivery area
London (UKI32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c8c0 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The contracting authority will operate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Submission deadline
15 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
12 Sept 2024, 09:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 Sept 2024 → 23 Jul 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    12 Sept 2024, 09:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    15 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    23 Jul 2025, 10:37 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jul 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Jul 2025, 10:37 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    23 Jul 2025, 10:37 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,210,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC£1,210,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Corporate Officer of the House of Commons

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 210715608 Parliament Square, LONDON, London, SW1A 0AAContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High Court of England and WalesMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point London
  • The High Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • EBSCO International INCAwarded supplierFC016134 6th Floor Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, Enfield, London, EN1 3XA

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria