Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Jisc Services Limited
4 Portwall Lane
Bristol
BS1 6NB
Contact
Neil Lewin
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
National registration number
02881024
Internet address(es)
Main address
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
Oxford University Press (OUP) Oxford Medicine Online (OxMed) Collection for Medical Schools with Trust Extension 2025-2028
Reference number
Proc2858
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Jisc Services Limited is entering into a contract with Oxford University Press (OUP). This agreement provides access to the complete Oxford Medicine Online medical eBook collection plus access to Oxford Clinical Psychology. This agreement is open to institutions with a medical school that also wishes to extend access to their associated trusts (where the institution can sign the licence). OUP is the sole rightsholder and supplier of this resource. This contract is for use by Jisc Members only and not for Jisc's own use.
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: £500,076
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Jisc Services Limited is entering into a contract with Oxford University Press (OUP). This agreement provides access to the complete Oxford Medicine Online medical eBook collection plus access to Oxford Clinical Psychology. This agreement is open to institutions with a medical school that also wishes to extend access to their associated trusts (where the institution can sign the licence). OUP is the sole rightsholder and supplier of this resource. This contract is for use by Jisc Members only and not for Jisc's own use.
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
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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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
Contract No
1
Title
Oxford University Press (OUP) Oxford Medicine Online (OxMed) Collection for Medical Schools with Trust Extension 2025-2028
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27 January 2025
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
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Great Clarendon Street
Oxford
OX2 6DP
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: £500,076
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This agreement is open to institutions with a medical school that also wishes to extend access to their associated trusts (where the institution can sign the licence). The scope of the framework covers purchases by the following:
• Higher Education institutions with medical schools and associated health trusts
• NHS bodies and bodies acting on behalf of the NHS
• Emergency services and bodies acting on behalf of the NHS
Membership lists for existing higher and further education purchasing consortia may be found at:
• https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list (https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list
• https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members (https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members
• http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members (http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members
• http://www.neupc.ac.uk/members (http://www.neupc.ac.uk/members
• http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ (http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
• http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members (http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Jisc Services Limited
4 Portwall Lane
Bristol
BS1 6NA
Country
United Kingdom
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).