Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium
2732244
Reading Enterprise Centre, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Whightknights Road
Reading
RG6 6BU
UK
Contact person: Carli Thatcher
Telephone: +44 1189357081
E-mail: c.thatcher@reading.ac.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.supc.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supc/aspx/Home
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supc/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supc/aspx/Home
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Joint-consortia Framework Agreement for Serials, Periodicals and Associated Services
Reference number: 2018/12
II.1.2) Main CPV code
22200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Subscription Agent/Intermediary services to mange the provision of current and back issues of electronic and print periodicals; newspapers and annuals (annual conference proceedings, reports, yearbooks, etc); the journals, memoirs, proceedings, transactions and other similar publications of societies; numbered monographic series; standingorders; and databases. Associated services includes but is not limited to access to a subscription management system, renewals, new orders, claims handling and processing, accessing e-journals, licence information, publisher liaison, consolidation services for printed materials.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
320 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
22200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Subscription Agent/Intermediary services to provide current and back issues of electronic and print periodicals; newspapers and annuals (annual conference proceedings, reports, yearbooks, etc); the journals, memoirs, proceedings, transactions and other similar publications of societies; numbered monographic series; standing orders; and databases. Associated services includes but is not limited to access to a subscription management system, renewals, new orders, claims handling and processing, accessing e-journals, licence information, publisher liaison, consolidation services for printed materials.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/05/2019
End:
30/03/2021
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
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 with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 4
Justification for any framework agreement duration exceeding 4 years: Not applicable
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 166-378589
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
05/02/2019
Local time: 14:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
05/02/2019
Local time: 15:00
Place:
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Southern Universities Management Services
Reading Enterprise Centre, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Whightknights Road
Reading
RG6 6BU
UK
Telephone: +44 1189357081
E-mail: supc@reading.ac.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.supc.ac.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/12/2018