Provision of Electronic Academic Research Databases

Concepts

• glasgow
• library software
• electronic academic research databases
• ebsco international inc for the provision of electronic academic research databases including cinahl, business source ultimate
• provision of electronic academic research databases
• the provision of electronic academic research databases
• research
• electronic
• academic
• databases

Location

University of Strathclyde

Description

This Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) relates to a supply contract for the Provision of Electronic Academic Research Databases.

Total Quantity or Scope

This contract shall be entered into with Ebsco International Inc for the Provision of electronic academic research databases including CINAHL, Business Source Ultimate, Communication and Entrepreneurial Studies Source

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 48160000 - Library software package
• 39155100 - Library equipment

Indicators

Legal Justification

Ebsco International Inc. is the sole agent for various electronic databases and owns the intellectual property of it's academic publications and as such the research databases and other electronic library resources available from the Ebsco platform are unavailable elsewhere. Consequently it is not possible to source any other quotations. The proprietary academic content is used by the University and the unique and original research content on the site means that no other product or services can meet the requirement. Value is an estimated for 4 years of subscriptions

Other Information

contract award is for 4 years. Dates are estimated and will cover a variety of subscriptions that start and end on varying dates. (SC Ref:767806)