Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Aberdeen
University Office, King's College
Aberdeen
AB24 3FX
UK
E-mail: e-sourcing@abdn.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM50
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/procurement
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00102
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
InCites Analytics Subscription for University of Aberdeen
Reference number: AU24/07
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72316000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Data analysis to measure the performance of University research outputs
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
166 674.93
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM50
Main site or place of performance:
Aberdeen
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Data analysis to measure the performance of University research outputs.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
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
This is a contract award notice.
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: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The University of Aberdeen subscribes to a product called Web of Science. The data provided by this produce is used to measure the performance of our research outputs as measured by the citations they receive. The only way to do this effectively is to use the analysis tool that Clarivate provide – InCites. As this tool is provided by the company solely for the purposes of analysing data that only they
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: AU24/07
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/08/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Clarivate Analytics (UK) Limited
70 St Mary Ave
London
EC3A 8BE
UK
Telephone: +44 7799656999
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:
: 166 674.93
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This is a contract award notice.
(SC Ref:776402)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Aberdeen Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace
Aberdeen
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/08/2024