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Library Resources

  • First published: 07 August 2020
  • Last modified: 07 August 2020
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Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Houses of Parliament
Authority ID:
AA79583
Publication date:
07 August 2020
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
VEAT
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

The service to be procured from Lexis is to the Lexis Library database, including the Halsbury’s Laws library and links to Halsbury’s statutes and SIs as amended, to cases, which include ICLR, All England and more niche reports such as Family Law Reports and Law Times, and to specialist products such as Atkins Court Forms. Print subscriptions to some of these titles are also included.

Full notice text

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Houses of Parliament

London

SW1A 0AA

UK

Contact person: Victoria Carpenter

Telephone: +44 2072193711

E-mail: carpenterv@parliament.uk

NUTS: UKI

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.parliament.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

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Library Resources

II.1.2) Main CPV code

79980000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Provision of a legal subscription to Parliament.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 341 843.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The service to be procured from Lexis is to the Lexis Library database, including the Halsbury’s Laws library and links to Halsbury’s statutes and SIs as amended, to cases, which include ICLR, All England and more niche reports such as Family Law Reports and Law Times, and to specialist products such as Atkins Court Forms. Print subscriptions to some of these titles are also included.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Criteria below:

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

Negotiated procedure without prior publication

Justification for selected award procedure:

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

The key reason for this negotiated procedure was that this subscription provides access to many publications that are unique to the supplier, such as Halsbury content, Atkins, Macdonald’s Immigration Law and Practice, Miller on Product Liability, Pensions World and Redgrave’s Health and Safety. The procedure was carried out in line with Regulation 32(2)b.

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

Section V: Award of contract/concession

V.2 Award of contract/concession

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession

03/08/2020

V.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Lexis Nexis

30 Farringdon St, Holborn EC4A 4HH

London

UK

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

URL: https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)

Total value of the concession/lot: 341 843.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

The High Court of Justice

The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

03/08/2020

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
79980000 Subscription services Miscellaneous business and business-related services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
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About the buyer

Main contact:
carpenterv@parliament.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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