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 · National Education and Research Network Provider
- Suppliers
- Microform Imaging Limited SME, Irish Newspaper Archives Limited SME, Walter de Gruyter GMBH SME, ProQuest LLC, Ithaka t/a JSTOR SME, East View Information Services SME
- Value
- £501,500 across 6 lots
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 038149-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Nov 2024
- Published26 Nov 2024Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Jisc has been working in collaboration with publishers to make digital archival collections of primary source materials more affordable so researchers, learners and teachers can enjoy access to a wider range of resources and libraries can achieve further efficiencies. https://www.jisc.ac.uk/digital-archival-collections-group-purchasing The digital archival collections group purchasing scheme is designed to leverage the collective purchasing power of institutions and is based on the principle ‘the economy of scale’: That is, the more products purchased per publisher by any institution over the course of an academic year, the lower the price based on preset discount triggers. Digital archival collections can comprise of many forms of digitised materials including, but not limited to, manuscripts, illustrations, photographs, maps, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence, ephemera, cartoons and audio-visual materials. Digital archival collections are predominately focused on the arts, humaniti…
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Archival Collections 5 group purchasing scheme | Microform Imaging Limited SME | £250k |
| Digital Archival Collections 5 group purchasing scheme | Irish Newspaper Archives Limited SME | £65,000 |
| Digital Archival Collections 5 group purchasing scheme | Walter de Gruyter GMBH SME | £11,000 |
| Digital Archival Collections 5 group purchasing scheme | ProQuest LLC | £70,000 |
| Digital Archival Collections 5 group purchasing scheme | Ithaka t/a JSTOR SME | £91,000 |
| Digital Archival Collections 5 group purchasing scheme | East View Information Services SME | £14,500 |
About the suppliers
Microform Imaging Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02236624).
Irish Newspaper Archives Limited: every public contract they have won.
Walter de Gruyter GMBH: every public contract they have won.
ProQuest LLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08520686).
Ithaka t/a JSTOR: every public contract they have won.
East View Information Services: every public contract they have won.