Notice Information
Notice Title
SHEDL eBook Collections - Oxford University Press (OUP)
Notice Description
APUC has entered into an agreement with Oxford University Press to offer Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL) member institutions access to Oxford Scholarship Online eBook collection and partner presses, free of Digital Rights Management (DRM), for up to 4 years. APUC will not use the content but will facilitate the purchase on behalf of the HE institutions in Scotland and the National Library of Scotland. The Contract value is estimated based on potential participation by its members
Lot Information
Lot 1
APUC has entered an agreement with Oxford University Press on behalf of the members of SHEDL for access to Oxford Scholarship Online eBooks collections free of digital rights management. Additional information: The contract value is an estimate based on the potential aggregated value over the possible term of 48 months. APUC will not use or make payments under this contract but will facilitate the agreement on behalf of the Scottish HE Institutions and the National Library of Scotland.
Procurement Information
The publishing service is unique to the supplier and sector. The agreement falls within the derogation contained within Regulation 33(b)(i)of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, permitting APUC to enter into the direct award.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ddd8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015123-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
22 - Printed matter and related products
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
22113000 - Library books
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £9,900,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 11 Feb 20251 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
- APUC LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Lorona Watts
- Contact Email
- lwatts@apuc-scot.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1314428950
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STIRLING
- Postcode
- FK8 2DZ
- Post Town
- Falkirk and Stirling
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- Stirling
- Electoral Ward
- Stirling East
- Westminster Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan
Further Information
Notice URLs
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