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
Taylor and Francis Journals Agreement
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Jisc is entering into contract with Taylor and Francis 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
The Taylor and Francis platform offers users potential access to over 1 400 full text journals in a wide variety ofsubject areas. 1 price is charged for access to this extensive collection.
Taylor and Francis offer access to journals that are unique in content but also found in one platform at a single price. This gives the institution the ability to offer its users a 1 search function of a large collection of journals that it could not afford or manage to provide if they went individually to each publisher. No other supplier or publisher offers these journals in one place.
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
Taylor and Francis offer access to journals that are unique in content but also found in one platform at a single price. This gives the institution the ability to offer its users a 1 search function of a large collection of journals that it could not afford or manage to provide if they went individually to each publisher. No other supplier or publisher offers these journals in one place.
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 224-466787
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Taylor and Francis Journals Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/03/2018
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
Taylor and Francis Group
Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street
London
W1T 3JH
UK
NUTS: UKI
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
16/03/2018