Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Jisc Services Ltd
4 Portwall Lane
Bristol
BS1 6NB
Contact
Clare Nurton
Telephone
+44 3003002212
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
National registration number
Jisc Services Ltd
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
National Research and Education Network Provider
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Bloomsbury Publishing Drama Online Collections Agreement: Annual Subscription Agreement 2022 - 2023
Reference number
Proc1795
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 contract with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc for Drama Online collections. Drama Online is a digital platform bringing together the following content from drama and theatre studies: Bloomsbury and Faber Collection, LA Theatre Works, Nick Hern Books, Globe on Screen, Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama Videos, Hollow Crown, BBC Drama Films, Playwrights Canada Press, Aurora Metro Books, Critical Studies & Performance Practice, The RSC Live, Oberon Books Collection, National Theatre Collection, The Classic Spring Oscar Wilde Collection, The Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy on Screen and Stratford Festival Shakespeare Collection. This is the subscription agreement (a perpetual purchase option is also available).The service is being contracted on behalf of our members, not for Jisc Collections' own use. The contract will be for 1 year from 1st April 2023.
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: £218,078.76
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Jisc is seeking to enter into a contract with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc for Drama Online collections. Drama Online is a digital platform bringing together the following content from drama and theatre studies: Bloomsbury and Faber Collection, LA Theatre Works, Nick Hern Books, Globe on Screen, Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama Videos, Hollow Crown, BBC Drama Films, Playwrights Canada Press, Aurora Metro Books, Critical Studies & Performance Practice, The RSC Live, Oberon Books Collection, National Theatre Collection, The Classic Spring Oscar Wilde Collection, The Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy on Screen and Stratford Festival Shakespeare Collection. This is the subscription agreement (a perpetual purchase option is also available).The service is being contracted on behalf of our members, not for Jisc Collections' own use. The contract will be for 1 year from 1st April 2023.
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 over the one year term of the contract. Jisc itself makes no payment to the supplier for this service
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
The supplier is the rightsholder to the IP of the content and the sole supplier of this unique resource. Therefore Jisc is clear that the arrangement falls within the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights, contained within Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, permitting Jisc to enter into the direct award.
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
17 December 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
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Angel Court, 50 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury
London
WC1B 3DP
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
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: £218,078.76
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Jisc Services Ltd
4 Portwall Lane
Bristol
BS1 6NB
Telephone
+44 3003002212
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Jisc Services Limited 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).