Contract

Walter de Gruyter eBook EBA Agreement 2021-2022

  • Jisc

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-005217

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-028848

Published 15 March 2021, 4:50pm



Section one: Contracting authority

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

Buyer's address

https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87175

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 has entered 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

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
Main site or place of performance

United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Jisc has entered 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 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 rights holder and the only publisher of this eBooks package.

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-000258


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

1

Title

Walter de Gruyter eBook EBA Agreement 2021-2022

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

11 March 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Walter de Gruyther GMBH

Genthiner Strasse 13

Berlin

10785

Country

Germany

NUTS code
  • DE - GERMANY
The contractor is an SME

No

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £306,167

Total value of the contract/lot: £306,167


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).