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