Contract

APA Chest Agreement 2023/26

  • Jisc Services Limited

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-020891

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03deff

Published 20 July 2023, 10:36am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Jisc Services Limited

4 Portwall Lane

Bristol

BS1 6NB

Contact

Chris Hallahan

Email

procurement@jisc.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 2081482444

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

National registration number

05747339

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

Other type

National Education and Research Network Provider

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

APA Chest Agreement 2023/26

Reference number

Proc2278

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 Ltd is seeking to enter into a contract with American Psychological Association to offer the following titles, databases, grey matter and video content to institutions: PsycINFO (PI), PsycARTICLES (PA), PsycBOOKS (subscription) (PB), PsycEXTRA (PE), PsycTESTS (PT), PsycTHERAPY (PTH) via the following platforms: EBSCO, Ovid (Wolterskluwer), ProQuest and PsycNET

Estimated throughput spend over duration of the agreement is $14m.

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: 14,000,000 USD

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 Ltd is seeking to enter into a contract with American Psychological Association to offer the following titles, databases, grey matter and video content to institutions: PsycINFO (PI), PsycARTICLES (PA), PsycBOOKS (subscription) (PB), PsycEXTRA (PE), PsycTESTS (PT), PsycTHERAPY (PTH) via the following platforms: EBSCO, Ovid (Wolterskluwer), ProQuest and PsycNET. The data provision fee will be paid to the American Psychological Association with a margin for Jisc Services Ltd and service provision sales will be distributed to the third party platform providers. The contract will run from 1.8.2023 to 31.7.2023.

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 direct license fees that will be paid to the American Psychological Association by institutions.


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 has the sole rights to the publication of the content, and alternative equivalents do not exist.

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: 2023/S 000-019136


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

1

Title

APA Chest Agreement 2023/26

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

14 July 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

American Psychological Association

Washington DC

Country

United States

NUTS code
  • US - United States
The contractor is an SME

No

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

Lowest offer: 14,000,000 USD / Highest offer: 14,000,000 USD taken into consideration


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Jisc Services Limited

Bristol

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Jisc Services Ltd incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to the supplier. This notification provided information on the award decision. The standstill period, lasted for 10 calendar days, and provided 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).