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
- Supplier
- SAGE Publishing Limited
- Value
- £9,700,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Dec 2024
- Published18 Dec 2024Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with SAGE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED. Jisc intends to enter into a contract with SAGE to offer Jisc members the opportunity to subscribe to and publish articles in SAGE's journals, focussing on the Social Sciences, Engineering and the Sciences. SAGE is the rightsholder to these journal titles and the only supplier of this service. This contract is for use by Jisc Members only and not for Jisc's own use.
About the supplier
SAGE Publishing Limited: every public contract they have won.