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SERIALS SUBSCRIPTION AGENT

Corporate Officer of the House of Commons

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Corporate Officer of the House of Commons

Buyer Address: Parliament Square, LONDON, UKI32, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom

Contact Name: PCD

Contact Email: pcd@parliament.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 2072198592

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
1210000.0 GBP
Published
23 Jul 2025, 09:37
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
79980000 - Subscription services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
EBSCO International INC
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The Authority is seeking to procure a Supplier to manage the provision of serials subscriptions and journals subscriptions to the libraries of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which have a requirement for delivery of print and electronic periodicals, journals, and magazines. The Authority currently subscribes to over 300 print and electronic journal titles.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot Description: The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords (acting jointly) invite tenders from suitable organisations who wish to tender for a single supplier contract for a Serials Subscription Agent to manage the provision of serials subscriptions and journals subscriptions to the libraries of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which have a requirement for delivery of print and electronic periodicals, journals, and magazines. The contract will commence on 14th April 2025 and will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years on the following basis: 3+1+1.<br/><br/>The full requirements are set out within the procurement documents which are downloadable free of charge from Atamis: https://atamis-ukparliament.my.site.com/s/Welcomehttps://atamis-ukparliament.my.site.com/s/Welcome If your organisation is not already registered on the UK Parliament Atamis portal, please use the URL above and click on the 'Register here' button, registration is free. Guidance on how to register is available via a link beneath the registration button. Once logged in, click on ‘Find opportunities’ and follow the on-screen instructions. Supplier guidance and support is available once logged in. To ensure you receive email notifications from our system, please add the email domain 'notifications@atamis.co.uk’ to your Safe Senders list. The portal does not currently have the ability to generate alerts to registered suppliers when a new opportunity is published, therefore suppliers are encouraged to register as a supplier and subscribe to the notification service available in both Find a Tender and Contracts Finder to ensure they are notified immediately after publication of any new opportunities.

Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality

Lot 1 Award Criterion (cost): Commerical

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