Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Jisc
One Castlepark, Tower Hill
Bristol
BS2 0JA
UK
Contact person: Clare Nurton
Telephone: +44 1235822310
E-mail: procurement@jisc.ac.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.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
Cambridge University Press - Electronic journal collection agreement
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Jisc is entering into a 3-year contract with Cambridge University Press to provide specific journals to its member institutions.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Cambridge University Press is the publishing house of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press publishes over 300 journals and over 2500 books a year which are sold worldwide. Key areas covered by Cambridge journals are mathematics, physical sciences, environment and conservation, agriculture, neuroscience and bio-medicine, history, area studies, language and linguistics, and political science and international relations. Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) is the e-publishing service for the journals published by Cambridge University Press and is entirely developed and hosted in-house. Cambridge University Press is the only source for the University's publishing of its own research. This is original content used for research purposes by other institutions.
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
Contract value has been entered as 1 to satisfy the needs of the notice. However, the actual figure is considered commercially sensitive so will not be released here.
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: procurement aiming at the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance
Explanation
Cambridge University Press is the only source for the University's publishing of its own research. This is original content used for research purposes by other institutions.
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:
2017/S 224-466785
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Cambridge University Press - Electronic journal collection agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/12/2017
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
Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
UK
NUTS: UKH12
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/01/2018