Contract award · 16 Dec 2024

PLOS Community Action Publishing 2025

Jisc Services Ltd awarded “PLOS Community Action Publishing 2025” to Public Library of Science (PLOS) for £307k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionEducation & trainingSouth West

Value £307k

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
Jisc Services Ltd · Body governed by public law
Value
£306,799.58
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date16 Dec 2024
  2. Published23 Dec 2024Published 7 days after the contract date

Description

Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with Public Library of Science for Jisc members publishing in PLOS Biology and/or PLOS Medicine and/or PLOS Sustainability and Transformation. Jisc members pay an annual participation fee for un-metered (uncapped) publishing. Participating institutions will be part of a community supporting a new funding model for highly-selective open access journals

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