Planning

RFI - Non-Print Legal Deposit Ejournal Articles Supply Service

  • British Library

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-000971

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-028b21

Published 18 January 2021, 2:32pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

British Library

96 Euston Rd.

London

NW1 2DB

Contact

Andy Kemp

Email

andy.kemp@bl.uk

Telephone

+44 1937546387

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - UNITED KINGDOM

National registration number

United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/

Buyer's address

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Recreation, culture and religion


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

RFI - Non-Print Legal Deposit Ejournal Articles Supply Service

Reference number

001514

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 22212100 - Serials

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

On behalf of the Legal Deposit Libraries, the British Library invites potential vendors to provide information, as well as propose options, for the provision of serial article metadata and associated content, for inclusion under Legal Deposit.

***When submitting information, all respondents should note that this is not currently a tender opportunity, but is part of a market consultation exercise aiming to ensure that the procurement route selected and the options ultimately developed for any procurement are properly informed***

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £225,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 22120000 - Publications

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

To facilitate legal deposit of electronic serial publications, the British Library outsources the transformation and supply of high quality metadata and content for a certain set of publishers. We are looking for a service to cover aggregated supply and management of normalised metadata and content from as wide a range of publishers as possible. The service requires supply of both electronic serial article content files and associated metadata supplied on a weekly basis, packaged to the BL’s requirement. The supplier would be expected to carry out normalization on the metadata and transfer without alteration the content that is to be delivered to the British Library, to ensure the content can be ingested in to the current BL ingest process with very minimal manual handling or load errors.

two.2.14) Additional information

**When submitting information, all respondents should note that this is not currently a tender opportunity, but is part of a market consultation exercise aiming to ensure that the procurement route selected and the options ultimately developed for any procurement are properly informed***

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

1 August 2021


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Serials./8U47G7N8NJ

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/8U47G7N8NJ

GO Reference: GO-2021118-PRO-17656402