Books, e-books, e-textbooks and associated services

A Contract Award Notice
by SOUTHERN UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM (SUPC)

Source
OJEU
Type
Framework (Supply)
Duration
2 year (est.)
Value
£360M
Sector
MISCELLANEOUS
Published
07 Jan 2022
Delivery
To 07 Jan 2024 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Various locations across the UK

Geochart for 2 buyers and 50 suppliers

2 buyers

13 suppliers

Description

Framework Agreement for the supply of Books, e-books, e-textbooks, and associated services. This tender is split into 11 Lots and Sub-lots.

Lot Division

1 English language print books for library stock

Print books primarily in UK languages to participating consortia member libraries. Participating consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, NEYAL, MUAL, NoWAL, WHELF, and Academic Libraries North. Agreement open to member universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are defined as Contracting Authorities for the purposes of the PCR 2015

Award Criteria
Value for Money 10.0
Range of Service 5.0
Service Support 25.0
Innovation and Technical Merit 20.0
Responsible Procurement 10.0
PRICE 30.0
2 Print books published in foreign languages or in countries where English is not the first language, for library stock

Print books primarily in non-UK languages (or from countries where English is not the first language) to participating consortia member libraries. Participating consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, NEYAL, MUAL, NoWAL, WHELF, and Academic Libraries North. Agreement open to member universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are defined as Contracting Authorities for the purposes of the PCR 2015

Award Criteria
Value for Money 10.0
Range of Service 20.0
Service Support 20.0
Innovation and Technical Merit 15.0
Responsible Procurement 10.0
PRICE 25.0
3 Standing Orders

Print and electronic Standing Order books supplied to participating consortia member libraries. Participating consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, NEYAL, MUAL, NoWAL,WHELF, and Academic Libraries North. Agreement open to member universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are defined as Contracting Authorities for the purposes of the PCR 2015

Award Criteria
Value for Money 10.0
Range of Service 5.0
Service Support 25.0
Innovation and Technical Merit 15.0
Responsible Procurement 10.0
PRICE 35.0
4 Individual title, DDA or package purchase for access on aggregator’s own platform, primarily UK languages

E-books (title, package, or DDA level) on an aggregator platform primarily in UK languages to participating consortia member libraries. Participating consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, NEYAL, MUAL, NoWAL, WHELF, and Academic Libraries North. Agreement open to member universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are defined as Contracting Authorities for the purposes of the PCR 2015

Award Criteria
Value for Money 15.0
Range of Service 5.0
Service Support 15.0
Innovation and Technical Merit 25.0
Responsible Procurement 10.0
PRICE 30.0
4 Individual title, package or EBA purchase for access on a third-party platform

E-books (title, package, or EBA level) purchased via an aggregator but made available via a third-party platform, to participating consortia member libraries. Participating consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, NEYAL, MUAL, NoWAL, WHELF, and Academic Libraries North. Agreement open to member universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are defined as Contracting Authorities for the purposes of the PCR 2015

Award Criteria
Value for Money 10.0
Range of Service 5.0
Service Support 15.0
Innovation and Technical Merit 25.0
Responsible Procurement 10.0
PRICE 35.0
4 Multi-publisher EBA for access via aggregator’s own platform

E-books via multi-publisher EBA schemes delivered via an aggregator platform, to participating consortia member libraries. Participating consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, NEYAL, MUAL, NoWAL, WHELF, and Academic Libraries North. Agreement open to member universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are defined as Contracting Authorities for the purposes of the PCR 2015

Award Criteria
Value for Money 10.0
Range of Service 5.0
Service Support 15.0
Innovation and Technical Merit 25.0
Responsible Procurement 10.0
PRICE 35.0
4 Subscriptions for library access

E-books supplied on an annual subscription basis to participating consortia member libraries. Participating consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, NEYAL, MUAL, NoWAL, WHELF, and Academic Libraries North. Agreement open to member universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are defined as Contracting Authorities for the purposes of the PCR 2015

Award Criteria
Value for Money 10.0
Range of Service 5.0
Service Support 15.0
Innovation and Technical Merit 25.0
Responsible Procurement 10.0
PRICE 35.0
4 Individual title, DDA or package purchase for access on aggregator’s own platform, primarily non-UK language

E-books (title, package, or DDA level) on an aggregator platform primarily in non-UK languages to participating consortia member libraries. Participating consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, NEYAL, MUAL, NoWAL, WHELF, and Academic Libraries North. Agreement open to member universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are defined as Contracting Authorities for the purposes of the PCR 2015

Award Criteria
Value for Money 15.0
Range of Service 5.0
Service Support 15.0
Innovation and Technical Merit 25.0
Responsible procurement 10.0
PRICE 30.0
5 E-textbook access, usually priced by specified number of core users and delivered via an e-textbook platform

E-textbook access, usually priced by number of core users and delivered via an e-textbook platform, supplied to participating consortia member libraries. Participating consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, NEYAL, MUAL, NoWAL, WHELF, and Academic Libraries North. Agreement open to member universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are defined as Contracting Authorities for the purposes of the PCR 2015

Award Criteria
Value for Money 15.0
Range of Service 5.0
Service Support 15.0
Innovation and Technical Merit 25.0
Responsible Procurement 10.0
PRICE 30.0
6 English language print books for institution department purchase (primarily non-library)

Print books primarily in UK languages for departmental purchase to participating consortia members. Participating consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, NEYAL, MUAL, NoWAL, WHELF, and Academic Libraries North. Agreement open to member universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are defined as Contracting Authorities for the purposes of the PCR 2015

Award Criteria
Value for Money 10.0
Range of Service 5.0
Service Support 25.0
Innovation and Technical Merit 20.0
Responsible Procurement 10.0
PRICE 30.0
7 Sales to individuals – staff and students (print or electronic)

Sale of print books and/or e-books direct to individual students, staff, and alumi to participating consortia member libraries. Participating consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, NEYAL, MUAL, NoWAL, WHELF, and Academic Libraries North. Agreement open to member universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are defined as Contracting Authorities for the purposes of the PCR 2015

Award Criteria
Value for Money 10.0
Range of Service 15.0
Service Support 10.0
Innovation and Technical Merit 15.0
Responsible Procurement 10.0
PRICE 40.0

Award Detail

1 Blackwell (Oxford)
  • English language print books for library stock
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £70,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
2 At Little (Melton)
  • English language print books for library stock
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £70,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
3 EBSCO (Enfield)
  • English language print books for library stock
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £70,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
4 Proquest LLC (Ann Arbor)
  • English language print books for library stock
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £70,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
5 Blackwell (Oxford)
  • Print books published in foreign languages or in countries where English is not the first language, for library stock
  • Num offers: 9
  • Value: £5,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
6 At Little (Melton)
  • Print books published in foreign languages or in countries where English is not the first language, for library stock
  • Num offers: 9
  • Value: £5,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
7 Casalini Libri Spa (Fiesole)
  • Print books published in foreign languages or in countries where English is not the first language, for library stock
  • Num offers: 9
  • Value: £5,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
8 EBSCO (Enfield)
  • Print books published in foreign languages or in countries where English is not the first language, for library stock
  • Num offers: 9
  • Value: £5,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
9 Erasmus Antiquariaat En Boekhandel (Cj Amsterdam)
  • Print books published in foreign languages or in countries where English is not the first language, for library stock
  • Num offers: 9
  • Value: £5,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
10 Houtschild International Booksellers (Rijswijk)
  • Print books published in foreign languages or in countries where English is not the first language, for library stock
  • Num offers: 9
  • Value: £5,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
11 Otto Harrassowitz (Wiesbaden)
  • Print books published in foreign languages or in countries where English is not the first language, for library stock
  • Num offers: 9
  • Value: £5,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
12 Proquest LLC (Ann Arbor)
  • Print books published in foreign languages or in countries where English is not the first language, for library stock
  • Num offers: 9
  • Value: £5,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
13 At Little (Melton)
  • Standing Orders
  • Num offers: 3
  • Value: £5,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
14 EBSCO (Enfield)
  • Standing Orders
  • Num offers: 3
  • Value: £5,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
15 Proquest LLC (Ann Arbor)
  • Standing Orders
  • Num offers: 3
  • Value: £5,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
16 Bibliu (London)
  • Individual title, DDA or package purchase for access on aggregator’s own platform, primarily UK languages
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £100,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
17 At Little (Melton)
  • Individual title, DDA or package purchase for access on aggregator’s own platform, primarily UK languages
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £100,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
18 EBSCO (Enfield)
  • Individual title, DDA or package purchase for access on aggregator’s own platform, primarily UK languages
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £100,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
19 Kortext (Bournemouth)
  • Individual title, DDA or package purchase for access on aggregator’s own platform, primarily UK languages
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £100,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
20 Proquest LLC (Ann Arbor)
  • Individual title, DDA or package purchase for access on aggregator’s own platform, primarily UK languages
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £100,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
21 Bibliu (London)
  • Individual title, package or EBA purchase for access on a third-party platform
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £35,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
22 At Little (Melton)
  • Individual title, package or EBA purchase for access on a third-party platform
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £35,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
23 EBSCO (Enfield)
  • Individual title, package or EBA purchase for access on a third-party platform
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £35,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
24 Proquest LLC (Ann Arbor)
  • Individual title, package or EBA purchase for access on a third-party platform
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £35,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
25 Bibliu (London)
  • Multi-publisher EBA for access via aggregator’s own platform
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £7,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
26 At Little (Melton)
  • Multi-publisher EBA for access via aggregator’s own platform
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £7,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
27 Ithaka Harbors D B A Jstor (New York)
  • Multi-publisher EBA for access via aggregator’s own platform
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £7,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
28 Proquest LLC (Ann Arbor)
  • Multi-publisher EBA for access via aggregator’s own platform
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £7,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
29 Bibliu (London)
  • Subscriptions for library access
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £7,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
30 At Little (Melton)
  • Subscriptions for library access
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £7,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
31 EBSCO (Enfield)
  • Subscriptions for library access
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £7,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
32 Kortext (Bournemouth)
  • Subscriptions for library access
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £7,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
33 Proquest LLC (Ann Arbor)
  • Subscriptions for library access
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £7,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
34 Vitalsource Technologies LLC (Milton Keynes)
  • Subscriptions for library access
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £7,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
35 Casalini Libri Spa (Fiesole)
  • Individual title, DDA or package purchase for access on aggregator’s own platform, primarily non-UK language
  • Num offers: 1
  • Value: £7,000,000
  • Contractor is an SME.
36 Bibliu (London)
  • E-textbook access, usually priced by specified number of core users and delivered via an e-textbook platform
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £100,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
37 Blackwell (Oxford)
  • E-textbook access, usually priced by specified number of core users and delivered via an e-textbook platform
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £100,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
38 John Smith & Son Group (Edinburgh)
  • E-textbook access, usually priced by specified number of core users and delivered via an e-textbook platform
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £100,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
39 Kortext (Bournemouth)
  • E-textbook access, usually priced by specified number of core users and delivered via an e-textbook platform
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £100,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
40 Vitalsource Technologies LLC (Milton Keynes)
  • E-textbook access, usually priced by specified number of core users and delivered via an e-textbook platform
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £100,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
41 Blackwell (Oxford)
  • English language print books for institution department purchase (primarily non-library)
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £20,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
42 At Little (Melton)
  • English language print books for institution department purchase (primarily non-library)
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £20,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
43 EBSCO (Enfield)
  • English language print books for institution department purchase (primarily non-library)
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £20,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
44 John Smith & Son Group (Edinburgh)
  • English language print books for institution department purchase (primarily non-library)
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £20,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
45 Proquest LLC (Ann Arbor)
  • English language print books for institution department purchase (primarily non-library)
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £20,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
46 Blackwell (Oxford)
  • Sales to individuals – staff and students (print or electronic)
  • Num offers: 5
  • Value: £4,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
47 At Little (Melton)
  • Sales to individuals – staff and students (print or electronic)
  • Num offers: 5
  • Value: £4,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
48 John Smith & Son Group (Edinburgh)
  • Sales to individuals – staff and students (print or electronic)
  • Num offers: 5
  • Value: £4,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
49 Kortext (Bournemouth)
  • Sales to individuals – staff and students (print or electronic)
  • Num offers: 5
  • Value: £4,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
50 Vitalsource Technologies LLC (Milton Keynes)
  • Sales to individuals – staff and students (print or electronic)
  • Num offers: 5
  • Value: £4,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.

Renewal Options

SUPC will award this Framework Agreement on the basis of 2 years initially, with options to extend the initial 2 years by up to 2 further years.

CPV Codes

  • 22113000 - Library books
  • 22110000 - Printed books
  • 64216200 - Electronic information services
  • 22100000 - Printed books, brochures and leaflets

Indicators

  • Options are available.
  • Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

The Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) is an operating unit of Southern Universities Management Services, a Company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales No. 2732244.Registered Charity No. 1042175.

Reference

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