Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Jisc Services Limited
4 Portwall Lane
Bristol
BS1 6NB
Contact
Tugce Topcuogullari
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
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
Cold Spring Harbor Transitional Read and Publish 2025-2026
Reference number
Proc2704
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 has entered into a contract with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press journals, offering read access to three reviews and four research titles, as well as unlimited open access publishing for research and review articles, for a fixed price. This contract is for use by Jisc members only and not forJisc'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: £358,489.71
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 has entered into a contract with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press journals, offering read access to three reviews and four research titles, as well as unlimited open access publishing for research and review articles, for a fixed price. This contract is for use by Jisc members only and not forJisc'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
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 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 or a dynamic purchasing system
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
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-031425
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
1
Title
Cold Spring Harbor Transitional Read and Publish 2025-2026
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18 November 2024
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
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
500 SUNNYSIDE BLVD, WOODBURY
US
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)
Total value of the contract/lot: £358,489.71
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The scope of the Framework covers purchases by Higher Education institutions, Further Education and Specialist Colleges and Research Council establishments in the UK, and by any other organisations connected to the Janet network, including Local Authorities, Regional Broadband Consortia, or other bodies whose core purpose is the support or advancement of further or higher education or of research.
The services are also available for use by any National Research and Education Network (NREN) and the community it serves where the NREN has either a direct connection to Janet or the NREN is a member at any time during the period of this framework of the consortium that operates GÉANT. GÉANT is the pan-European research and education network that interconnects Europe’s NRENs. A list of members of the GÉANT consortium (GÉANT Partners) may be found at the URL below. GÉANT may also use this framework. As HEAnet, the NREN of the Republic of Ireland, is connected both to Janet and is a member of the GÉANT consortium, the framework is available for use by HEAnet, its subsidiaries, member institutions and customers to include schools serviced by the HEAnet school’s network.
Many of the above organisations are members of higher and further education purchasing consortia. These consortia are independent organisations that provide a wide range of collaborative purchase agreements to their member institutions. Any member of one of these consortia will be eligible to purchase from this framework by virtue of its membership, as will members of any other similar purchasing consortium in higher or further education that might be formed during the lifetime of the framework.
Membership lists for existing higher and further education purchasing consortia may be found at:
https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list
https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members
http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members
http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members
http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members
http://www.geant.net/About/Pages/home.aspx
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 Limited incorporated a standstill period at the point information about the contract was shared by means of a VEAT notice. The VEAT notification provided information on the award decision. The standstill period, thereafter, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided timefor suppliers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into. ThePublic Contracts Regulations 2015 article 91 provides for aggrieved parties who have beenharmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court(England, Wales and Northern Ireland)