Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, DSTL, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Dstl Porton Down
Salisbury
SP4 0JQ
UK
Contact person: NIcola Milton
Telephone: +44 1980952336
E-mail: nmilton1@dstl.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.dstl.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Renewal of Web of Science
Reference number: 1000129778
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79980000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Web of Science, Inspec — Web of Science Perpetual License Sub, Chinese Science Citation Database, Conference Proceedings and Derwent Innovations Index.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
283 438.49
USD
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
United Kingdom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Renewal of Web of Science, Inspec — Web of Science Perpetual License Sub, Chinese Science Citation Database, Conference Proceedings and Derwent Innovations Index.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
The UK MOD considers that this can be justified on the basis of technical grounds and/or exclusive rights pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(ii) and/or (iii) of Directive 2014/24/EU (Regulations 32(2)(b)(ii) and (iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) as the database is the only one which provides DSTL with the breadth and depth of scientific information it requires to service the needs of its customers and only Clarivate Analytics have the proprietary rights to provide subscriptions to it.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1000129778
Title: Renewal of Web of Science
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/03/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Clarivate Analytics (US) LLC
1500 Spring Garden Street, Fourth Floor
Philadelphia
19130
US
Telephone: +44 2074334331
E-mail: Massimo.Giunta@Clarivate.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/support/
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 283 438.49
USD
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
Advertising Regime OJEU: This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk
GO Reference: GO-201845-DCB-12177723
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, DSTL, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Salisbury
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/04/2018