CONTRACT AWARD 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

Supply of Electronic and Printed Periodicals 2014.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

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 framework agreement

II.1.4)

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 2 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 40 000 000 and 100 000 000 GBP.

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.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

2014/06

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

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

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice