Contract award · 18 Oct 2024

PLOS OA Tiered Flat Fee Publishing Agreement 2025

Jisc awarded “PLOS OA Tiered Flat Fee Publishing Agreement 2025” to Public Library of Science for £1m on 18 Oct 2024. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionEducation & trainingSouth West

BuyerJisc
Value £1m

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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Buyer
Jisc · National Education and Research Network Provider
Value
£1,003,998.85
Procedure
Negotiated without a call for competition
Sector
Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date18 Oct 2024
  2. Published18 Dec 2024Published 61 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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