Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium
2732244
Reading Enterprise Centre, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Whightknights Road
Reading
RG6 6BU
UK
Contact person: Carli Thatcher
Telephone: +44 1189357081
E-mail: c.thatcher@reading.ac.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.supc.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supc/aspx/Home
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Joint-Consortia Framework Agreement for Serials, Periodicals and Associated Services
Reference number: 2018/12
II.1.2) Main CPV code
22200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Subscription agent/intermediary services to mange the provision of current and back issues of electronic and print 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; and databases. Associated services includes but is not limited to access to a subscription management system, renewals, new orders, claims handling and processing, accessing e-journals, licence information, publisher liaison, consolidation services for printed materials.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
320 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
22200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
UNITED KINGDOM.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Subscription agent/intermediary services to provide current and back issues of electronic and print 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; and databases. Associated services includes but is not limited to access to a subscription management system, renewals, new orders, claims handling and processing, accessing e-journals, licence information, publisher liaison, consolidation services for printed materials.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 30
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 246-564483
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 2018/12
Title: Joint-Consortia Framework Agreement for Serials, Periodicals and Associated Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/03/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
EBSCO International Inc
FC16134
6th Floor Civic Centre, Silver Street, Middlesex, London, UK
Enfield
EN1 3XA
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.ebsco.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
LM Tietopalvelut Oy
FC033904
Unit 6 Somerville Court, Banbury Business Park, Oxfordshire
Adderbury
OX17 3SN
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.lminfo.co.uk
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Otto Harrassowitz GmbH and Co. KG
HRA1056
Kreuzberger Ring 7 b-d, 65205 Wiesbaden, Germany
Wiesbaden
65205
DE
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.harrassowitz.de
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Prenax Ltd
03966286
Barrington House, Watercombe Park
Yeovil
BA20 2HL
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.prenax.co.uk
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 320 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Southern Universities Management Services
Reading Enterprise Centre, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Whightknights Road
Reading
RG6 6BU
UK
Telephone: +44 1189357081
E-mail: supc@reading.ac.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.supc.ac.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium
Reading Enterprise Centre, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Whightknights Road
Reading
RG6 6BU
UK
Telephone: +44 1189357081
E-mail: c.thatcher@reading.ac.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.supc.ac.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/03/2019