Published date: 8 January 2020
This notice was replaced on 16 December 2020
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Opportunity (published 16 December 2020, last edited 19 January 2021)
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Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
North West
Value of contract
£0 to £27,000,000
Procurement reference
NE&P3
Published date
8 January 2020
Approach to market date
30 April 2020
Contract start date
7 September 2020
Contract end date
6 September 2023
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The purpose of this tender is to put in place a Framework Agreement to support the purchase of healthcare related print and electronic knowledge resources by the NHS and a range of healthcare related organisations in England, Wales, N. Ireland and Scotland for practice, education and research. Such knowledge resources will include (but may not be limited to) print and electronic journals and books, databases of bibliographic and full text published content and Evidence Summaries products.
More information
Spend profile
| Financial year | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2020/2023 | £27,000,000 |
Additional text
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Health and social care related knowledge resource suppliers, including subscription agents, publishers, booksellers and aggregators, are encouraged to attend a Supplier Event 10.00 - 12:30 on the 28.02.20 in London. The structure, model and specification of the Framework and associated purchasing processes will be presented to potential Bidders at this session, alongside details of the procurement process for this tender.
If you would like to attend this session please register you interest with irene.walker@nice.org.uk by 10:00 (UK) 14.2.2020.
This procurement will replace the current NICE Electronic and Print Content Framework Agreement when it expires on 04 September 2020. More details about the current Agreement can be found at: https://www.nice.org.uk/about/nice-communities/library-and-knowledge-services-staff/buy-books-journals-and-databases
About the buyer
Contact name
Irene Walker
Address
10 Spring Gardens
LONDON
SW1A2BU
England
Telephone
0161 870 3198
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