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Contract Award Notice

Wolters Kluwer Read and Publish 2022-24 agreement

  • First published: 05 August 2022
  • Last modified: 05 August 2022

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-02f328
Published by:
Jisc
Authority ID:
AA78670
Publication date:
05 August 2022
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

Jisc has entered into an agreement with the supplier to offer Jisc members access to and the right to publish open access articles in its collection of scientific and medical research journals. The service is being contracted on behalf of our members, not for Jisc Collections' own use. The contract is for 3 years.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Jisc

56579

4 Portwall Lane

Bristol

BS1 6NB

UK

Contact person: Clare Nurton

Telephone: +44 3003002212

E-mail: clare.nurton@jisc.ac.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.jisc.ac.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87175

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Other: National Research and Education Network Provider

I.5) Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Wolters Kluwer Read and Publish 2022-24 agreement

Reference number: Proc1741

II.1.2) Main CPV code

80000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Jisc has entered into an agreement with the supplier to offer Jisc members access to and the right to publish open access articles in its collection of scientific and medical research journals. The service is being contracted on behalf of our members, not for Jisc Collections' own use. This is a 3 year contract.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 7 000 000.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Jisc has entered into an agreement with the supplier to offer Jisc members access to and the right to publish open access articles in its collection of scientific and medical research journals. The service is being contracted on behalf of our members, not for Jisc Collections' own use. The contract is for 3 years.

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

II.2.14) Additional information

The contract value is an estimate based on the aggregate sum of the licence fees that will be paid to the supplier by Jisc member institutions over the three year term of the contract. Jisc Collections itself makes no payment to the supplier for this service.

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 works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Explanation

The supplier is the rightsholder to the IP of the content and the sole supplier of this unique

resource. Therefore Jisc is clear that the arrangement falls within the protection of exclusive

rights, including intellectual property rights, contained within Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii) of

the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, permitting Jisc to enter into the direct award.

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:

2021/S 000-027578

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Wolters Kluwer Read and Publish 2022-24 agreement

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27/05/2022

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

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

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Wolters Kluwer Health (Medical Research) Ltd

Croner House 145 London Road

Kingston Upon Thames

KT2 6SR

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 7 000 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Jisc Services Ltd

4 Portwall Lane

Bristol

BS1 6NB

UK

Telephone: +44 3003002212

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

04/08/2022

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
80000000 Education and training services Education

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
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
clare.nurton@jisc.ac.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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