Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
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
De Gruyter eBook Evidence Based Acquisition (EBA) 2019-20 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 1 year contract with Walter De Gruyter GmbH and Co. to offer specific journals to it's member institutions. The contract is from 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2020.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
230 157.30
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Jisc issued a VEAT to state that it was intending to enter into contract with Walter De Gruyter GmbH and Co to deliver the De Gruyter eBook EBA Package, a subscription-based, web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools. The De Gruyter eBook EBA Package contains 45 000 e-books, including titles from the Ivy League American University Presses and other notable partner publishers.The supplier is the rights holder and the only publisher of this unique content.
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
The contract value is an estimate based on previous spend and is the aggregate sum of the licence fees that will be paid to the supplier by Jisc member institutions; Jisc itself makes no payment to the supplier for this service.
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
Alter de Gruyter GmbH and Co. KG is the sole supplier of The De Gruyter eBook EBA Package and this is primary research material of unique content. Jisc is clear that the arrangement falls within the artistic derogation, contained within Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, permitting Jisc to enter into the direct award.
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:
2019/S 022-048757
Section V: Award of contract
Title: De Gruyter eBook Evidence Based Acquisition (EBA) 2019-20 Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/03/2018
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
Walter de Gruyter GmbH and Co. KG
Genthiner Strasse 13
Berlin
10785
DE
NUTS: DE3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 230 157.30
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/03/2019