Serials, Periodicals, and Associated Services (Print and Digital)

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

Source
OJEU
Type
Framework (Supply)
Duration
2 year (est.)
Value
£250M
Sector
MISCELLANEOUS
Published
21 Jul 2023
Delivery
To 30 Jul 2025 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Various locations around the UK

Geochart for 2 buyers and 3 suppliers

2 buyers

3 suppliers

Description

The current ‘Serials, Periodicals and Associated Services’ agreement is led by SUPC and supported by HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, and NWUPC along with the four specialist library consortia Academic Libraries North, MUAL, NEYAL, and WHELF. The agreement ran for an initial 2 year period and has had two 12 month extensions, totally four years. It expires on 30th April 2023 and is likely to be extended until 31st July 2023. The agreement scope remains similar to the current agreement and will cover the supply of serials by subscriptions agents in print and/or electronic formats. This includes current, backissue, backsets and digital archives of periodicals; newspapers and annuals (annual conference proceedings, reports, yearbooks, etc); the journals, memoirs, proceedings, transactions and other similar publications of societies; numbered monographic series; standing orders; standards and databases. Also included are associated services relating to consolidation or usage analysis.

Total Quantity or Scope

The framework is intended for suppliers delivering comprehensive academic library subscription services from any publisher willing to contract via a subscriptions agent, including both print and digital resources with a subscriptions management portal and appropriate consolidation services

Award Detail

1 EBSCO (Enfield)
  • Serials, Periodicals, and Associated Services (Print and Digital)
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 3
  • Value: £250,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
2 Otto Harrassowitz (Wiesbaden)
  • Serials, Periodicals, and Associated Services (Print and Digital)
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 3
  • Value: £250,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
3 Prenaz (Yeovil)
  • Serials, Periodicals, and Associated Services (Print and Digital)
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 3
  • Value: £250,000,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.

Award Criteria

Contract Management & Reporting 15.0
Subscription Management 25.0
Subscription Management System 15.0
Payment, Invoicing & Credits 15.0
Responsible Procurement 10.0
PRICE 20.0

CPV Codes

  • 22200000 - Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines

Indicators

  • Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

This framework agreeement was initially tendered with 2 lots but a lack of bidders for Lot 2 mean that a non-lotted framework is awarded based on the requirements and characteristics (including GBP value) of Lot 1 only

Reference

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