CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Various UK Higher and Further education institutions and other organisations that are members of university regional purchasing consortia.

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

This framework agreement is for the appointment of Agent(s) to supply electronic and print periodicals and associated services to members of Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium, North East Universities Purchasing Consortium, Higher Education Purchasing Consortium for Wales, and the academic Library Consortia MUAL and NEYAL. Other higher education regional purchasing consortia may join this framework agreement in future years.

Members purchase a wide range of electronic and print periodicals from publishers worldwide, including databases, and discovery tools for electronic resources. They may also require consolidation services.

The framework agreement will be let for an initial period of two years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years. Estimated values shown in this Notice are for the full 4 year period. Estimated annual expenditure is anticipated to be between GBP 40 000 000 and GBP 100 000 000.

Suppliers that would like to take part in this tender process are invited to Express Interest upon which they will be given access to the full tender documentation through this e-tendering system. Documents can be accessed from the My Tenders area of this website and selecting the View Details button of this project.

Expressions of interest can only be accepted until Thursday 22nd January at 17:00 and the deadline for submission of completed Tenders is Monday 2nd February at 11:00.

Please allow sufficient time for the upload of your tender return as late returns are not permitted.

Any questions relating to this tender must be made via correspondence on the website and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

As per the information set out in the Invitation to Tender, Supplier Questionnaire, Price Schedule and any other documents provided in association with this Framework Agreement.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

As per the information set out in the Invitation to Tender, Supplier Questionnaire, Price Schedule and any other documents provided in association with this Framework Agreement.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

As per the information set out in the Invitation to Tender, Supplier Questionnaire, Price Schedule and any other documents provided in association with this Framework Agreement.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

As per the information set out in the Invitation to Tender, Supplier Questionnaire, Price Schedule and any other documents provided in association with this Framework Agreement.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

2014/06

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice