Published date: 14 February 2020

Last edited date: 25 February 2020

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: 13 March 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Journals - 22211000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£175,000

Procurement reference

tender_224511/836495

Published date

14 February 2020

Closing date

13 March 2020

Contract start date

15 April 2020

Contract end date

14 April 2022

Contract type

Service contract

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.

This is an accelerated procedure.

Justification

PIN issued to engage the market and allow for acceleration in line with OJEU rules

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The Department requires the provision of a range of electronic academic and scientific journal collections covering the department's policy interests. This should act as a 'one stop shop' for the Department's journal access requirements. The core content offering should be:

- Accessible to multiple users concurrently, but allowing for growth in usage.

- Academic scientific evidence only.

- Integrated electronic access to other, specific journals where needed and where not covered by the core offering.

- Integrated electronic open access content.

- Policy-relevant research content relevant to all DfE policy areas including early years, schools, further education, higher education and children's services.

- A high level of full-text access.

- UK and international English-language evidence.

- Management data on usage including search terms.

- It should be possible to click a link, and be taken straight to a specific search in the portal without having to log on

A full description of the procurement can be found in the procurement documents in Annex B - Statement of Requirements.

The invitation to tender can be accessed through our esourcing suite, Jaggaer, which all tenders must be submitted through and can be accessed at this link - https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html


About the buyer

Address

Piccadilly Gate, Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD
England

Email

ollie.shortt@education.gov.uk