Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Jisc Services Ltd
One Castlepark, Tower Hill
Bristol
BS2 0JA
UK
Contact person: Christopher Hallahan
E-mail: chris.hallahan@jisc.ac.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://tenders.jisc.ac.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: National education and research network provider
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Additional Content for the Digital Library Framework Agreement
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79970000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Digital Library (formerly “Reference Online”) is a national collaborative procurement initiative led by the Society of Chief Librarians on behalf of English public libraries. Its purpose is to provide a service for the procurement of commercial electronic products and services that secures cost-effectiveness for libraries, streamlined processes for all and most importantly improved services to public library users.
The purpose of this exercise is to add additional content to the digital library.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
14 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
64216200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Consultation has taken place with staff in English public libraries on the broad categories of resources that are most used in their libraries, and for which they would be most likely to sign up to nationally-negotiated agreements. These broad categories are listed below. Proposals were sought for online resources covering these areas, whether aggregated or directly-published. Products should be available where possible on annual subscription, and offered with authority-wide licences, with no limits on usage or numbers of concurrent users.
— general reference materials,
— newspapers and magazines,
— business, legal and financial information,
— consumer affairs materials,
— genealogical resources,
— e-book and e-audio book services,
— streamed music services,
— health information,
— instructional material,
— materials to support the needs of children and young people.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 75
Cost criterion: Charges
/ Weighting: 25
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
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 123-279609
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Additional Content for the Digital Library Framework Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/09/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cobweb Information Ltd
Gateshead
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 14 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Additional Content for the Digital Library Framework Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/09/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Encyclopaedia Britannica
London
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:
: 14 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Additional Content for the Digital Library Framework Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/09/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ProQuest
Cambridge
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 14 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Additional Content for the Digital Library Framework Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/09/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
WF Howes Ltd
Leicester
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 14 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Additional Content for the Digital Library Framework Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/09/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
British Standards Institution
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 14 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Jisc Services Ltd
Bristol
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/12/2018