Notice Information
Notice Title
Digital Open Access Publishing Platform and Associated Publishing Services
Notice Description
The White Rose University Press (WRUP) is a non-profit, open access digital publisher of peer-reviewed academic journals and books, publishing across a wide range of academic disciplines. WRUP has entered into a five-year contract with a single established service provider for the provision of technical and publishing services to support the operation of the press. This involves system provision (platform and infrastructure) as well as a full range of publishing services.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The contract covers the provision of an established publishing platform, and all necessary infrastructure for the publishing of open access digital journals, books, research data and conference proceedings under the institution's own university press branding. Additional services will be provided to support editorial management, peer-review, anti-plagiarism checking, copyediting, typesetting, design and layout, long-term preservation, and indexing, alongside content promotion, an online portal for making publications available for free download, and capacity to support print-on-demand hardcopy distribution of books through a range of channels.
Procurement Information
While individual elements of the service are available from various suppliers, the University doesn't have the resource/capacity to implement and manage separate supply contracts. A VEAT notice was published earlier this year and this affirmed there is currently only one supplier currently in the market capable of providing all of the required elements of the contract.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-042d0b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036386-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
48312000 - Electronic publishing software package
79970000 - Publishing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Nov 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Jan 20242 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK
- Contact Name
- Donna Lyon
- Contact Email
- donna.lyon@york.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1904328207
Buyer Location
- Locality
- YORK
- Postcode
- YO10 5DD
- Post Town
- York
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE2 North Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE21 York
- Delivery Location
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
-
- Local Authority
- York
- Electoral Ward
- Hull Road
- Westminster Constituency
- York Central
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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