Published date: 7 February 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 28 February 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Publications - 22120000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£375,000

Procurement reference

tender_179230/744857

Published date

7 February 2019

Closing date

28 February 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Ministry of Justice wishing to procure a service concession contract on behalf of the Judicial College, for publication and the sale of the Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases 15th, 16th & 17th editions.

The arrangement shall consist of the successful Supplier editing, printing, distribution and sale of the Guidelines to the legal market sector, Insurance professionals and those lawyers who practice in this area nationally & internationally. This publication shall also be made available to the public for purchase. The publication is required to be sold through a relevant legal book supply chains, on behalf of the contracting Authority to ensure exposure and availability within the legal book retailers market.

The Authority in return will receive a minimum of 20% royalty from the gross sales of the publication, 50% of subsidiary rights and the supply of 3,000 copies of the Guidelines free of charge delivered directly to the Judiciary across the United Kingdom, which includes postage and packaging.

Further details will be provided within the tender documentation, which will be available in due course.

HM Government requires that tender documentation issued by Government departments for contracts with a value exceeding 10 000 GBP over the life of the contract are published online (http:// www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk) for the general public.
The resulting contract(s) shall also be published. The MoJ may use its discretion to redact information to protect key commercial interests or on prescribed grounds. Therefore, bidders who wish information not to be published if successful should secure agreement with the MoJ prior to submission. Only documentation relating to awarded contracts will be published. Key commercial interests, trade secrets and commercial interests which would be prejudiced by publication, following the tests in section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 may be redacted. http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/docs/foi-exemption-s43.pdf The prescribed grounds for redaction are:
(a) national security;
(b) personal data;
(c) information protected by intellectual property law;
(d) information which it is not in the public interest to disclose (following the tests under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000);
(e) third party confidential information;
(f) IT security; or
(g) prevention of fraud.
Freedom of information (FOI)
The Freedom of Information Act came fully into force in 2005. If any organisation considers that any information supplied by them is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivities specified. In such cases the relevant material will in response to FOI requests be examined in the light of exemptions provided for in the Act.

About the buyer

Address

5 Welington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
England

Email

CCMDLegalPublications@justice.gov.uk