Serials, Periodicals, and Associated Services (Print and Digital)

Historical · ContractNo open deadline

Historical: no longer open for bids.

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value: £300,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
Deadline (UK time): Tue 30 May 2023, 12:00 BSTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Tue 30 May 2023, 12:00 BST, which is not an open deadline.
Published: 14 Apr 2023
Region: Any region

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

The current 'Serials, Periodicals and Associated Services' agreement is led by SUPC and supported by HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, and NWUPC along with the four specialist library consortia Academic Libraries North, MUAL, NEYAL, and WHELF. The agreement ran for an initial 2 year period and has had two 12 month extensions, totally four years. It expires on 30th April 2023 and is likely to be extended until 31st July 2023.

The agreement scope remains similar to the current agreement and will cover the supply of serials by subscriptions agents in print and/or electronic formats. This includes current, backissue, backsets and digital archives of periodicals; newspapers and annuals (annual conference proceedings, reports, yearbooks, etc); the journals, memoirs, proceedings, transactions and other similar publications of societies; numbered monographic series; standing orders; standards and databases. Also included are associated services relating to consolidation or usage analysis.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

22200000
22000000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

14 Apr 2023
Contract notice
Contract notice published 13 April 2023.
Release 6afc67b0-87ce-4c9c-ad0b-b9488165e981
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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) published this notice.

Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value: £300,000,000.

08/ Related

Where to go next

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Reference: 6afc67b0-87ce-4c9c-ad0b-b9488165e981
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