Award

Walter de Gruyter eBook EBA Agreement 2021-2022

  • Jisc

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-000258

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-028848

Published 7 January 2021, 10:49am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Jisc

4 Portwall Lane

Bristol

BS1 6NB

Contact

Claire Forkner

Email

claire.forkner@jisc.ac.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - UNITED KINGDOM

National registration number

56579

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.jisc.ac.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Walter de Gruyter eBook EBA Agreement 2021-2022

Reference number

Proc1398

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Jisc is seeking to enter into a 1 year contract with Walter de Gruyter GmbH and Co. KG to offer specific e-books to it's member institutions.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: 306,167 EUR

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance

United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Jisc is seeking to enter into a 1 year contract with Walter de Gruyter GmbH and Co. KG to offer specific e-books to it's member institutions. 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. Subjects include: Linguistics; Philosophy; Classical Studies; Theology & Religion; History; Cultural Studies; Jewish Studies; German Studies; Asian Studies; Social Sciences; Mathematics; Physics; Materials Sciences; Chemistry; Industrial Chemistry; Geosciences, Engineering; Architecture & Design; Life Sciences; Medicine.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

The contract value is an estimate based on the aggregate sum of the licence fees that will be paid to the supplier by Jisc member institutions; Jisc Collections itself makes no payment to the supplier for this service.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

The supplier is the rights holder and the only publisher of this eBook EBA package.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

5 January 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Walter De Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG

13 Genthiner Strasse

Berlin

10785

Country

Germany

NUTS code
  • DE - GERMANY
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 306,167 EUR


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The supplier is the rights holder and the only publisher of this eBook Package.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Jisc Services Limited

4 Portwall Lane

Bristol

BS1 6NB

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.jisc.ac.uk

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Jisc Services Ltd will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to suppliers. This notification provides information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for suppliers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 article 91 provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court(England, Wales and Northern Ireland).