Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Jisc Services Ltd · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Bioscientifica Limited
- Value
- £220,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 031288-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Sep 2024
- Published1 Oct 2024Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Jisc Services Limited intend to enter into a contract with Bioscientifica Limited for a Read and Publish transitional agreement that covers four hybrid journals and archives, including read access and unlimited open access publishing for a fixed fee. This contract is for Jisc members to use and not for Jisc's own use.
About the supplier
Bioscientifica Limited: every public contract they have won.