Buyer Name: APUC Limited
Buyer Address: Unit 27, Stirling Business Centre, Wellgreen, Stirling, UKM77, FK8 2DZ
Contact Name: Lorona Watts
Contact Email: lwatts@apuc-scot.ac.uk
Contact Telephone: +44 1314428950
Buyer Name: APUC Limited
Buyer Address: Unit 27, Stirling Business Centre, Wellgreen, Stirling, UKM77, FK8 2DZ
Contact Name: Lorona Watts
Contact Email: lwatts@apuc-scot.ac.uk
Contact Telephone: +44 1314428950
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
Some PCS documents require login and recording interest on the source portal before download links are available.
No linked documents found for this notice.
External Link: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR528358
Link Title: SHEDL eBook Collections - Oxford University Press (OUP)
Link 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 Description: 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.. 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.
Lot 1 Status: complete
Lot 1 Has Options: No
Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Service Delivery & Framework Management
Lot 1 Award Criterion (cost): Commercial
Document Title: SHEDL eBook Collections - Oxford University Press (OUP)
Document 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
{
"awards": [
{
"id": "LIB1028 AP",
"relatedLots": [
"1"
],
"suppliers": [
{
"id": "org-150",
"name": "Oxford University Press"
}
]
}
],
"bids": {
"statistics": [
{
"id": "441",
"measure": "bids",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 1.0
},
{
"id": "442",
"measure": "smeBids",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 0.0
},
{
"id": "443",
"measure": "foreignBidsFromEU",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 0.0
},
{
"id": "444",
"measure": "foreignBidsFromNonEU",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 1.0
},
{
"id": "445",
"measure": "electronicBids",
"relatedLot": "1",
"value": 1.0
}
]
},
"buyer": {
"id": "org-149",
"name": "APUC Limited"
},
"contracts": [
{
"awardID": "LIB1028 AP",
"dateSigned": "2025-03-27T00:00:00Z",
"id": "LIB1028 AP",
"status": "active",
"value": {
"amount": 900000.0,
"currency": "GBP"
}
}
],
"date": "2025-04-15T00:00:00Z",
"description": "(SC Ref:796376)",
"id": "rls-56-APR528358",
"initiationType": "tender",
"language": "EN",
"links": [
{
"href": "https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000790061",
"rel": "canonical"
}
],
"ocid": "ocds-r6ebe6-0000790061",
"parties": [
{
"address": {
"locality": "Stirling",
"postalCode": "FK8 2DZ",
"region": "UKM77",
"streetAddress": "Unit 27, Stirling Business Centre, Wellgreen"
},
"contactPoint": {
"email": "lwatts@apuc-scot.ac.uk",
"name": "Lorona Watts",
"telephone": "+44 1314428950",
"url": "http://"
},
"details": {
"classifications": [
{
"id": "Body governed by public law",
"scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE"
},
{
"description": "Education",
"id": "09",
"scheme": "COFOG"
}
],
"url": "http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk"
},
"id": "org-149",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "APUC Limited"
},
"name": "APUC Limited",
"roles": [
"buyer",
"centralPurchasingBody"
]
},
{
"address": {
"locality": "Oxford",
"postalCode": "OX2 6DP",
"region": "UK",
"streetAddress": "Great Clarendon Street"
},
"contactPoint": {
"faxNumber": "+44 00000",
"telephone": "+44 0000"
},
"details": {
"scale": "large",
"url": "https://global.oup.com/academic/"
},
"id": "org-150",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "Oxford University Press"
},
"name": "Oxford University Press",
"roles": [
"supplier"
]
},
{
"address": {
"locality": "Stirling",
"postalCode": "FK8 1NH",
"streetAddress": "Sheriff Court House, Viewfield Place Stirling Country"
},
"contactPoint": {
"email": "stirling@scotcourts.gov.uk",
"telephone": "+44 1786462191",
"url": "https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/stirling-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court"
},
"id": "org-151",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "Stirling Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court Sheriff Court"
},
"name": "Stirling Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court Sheriff Court",
"roles": [
"reviewBody"
]
}
],
"relatedProcesses": [
{
"id": "1",
"identifier": "2025/S 000-004609",
"relationship": [
"planning"
],
"scheme": "EU-OJ"
}
],
"tag": [
"award",
"contract"
],
"tender": {
"classification": {
"id": "80000000",
"scheme": "CPV"
},
"coveredBy": [
"GPA"
],
"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.\r\n 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",
"documents": [
{
"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.\r\n 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",
"documentType": "awardNotice",
"format": "text/html",
"id": "APR528358",
"title": "SHEDL eBook Collections - Oxford University Press (OUP)",
"url": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR528358"
}
],
"id": "LIB1028 AP",
"items": [
{
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"id": "80000000",
"scheme": "CPV"
},
{
"id": "22113000",
"scheme": "CPV"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UKM"
}
],
"deliveryLocation": {
"description": "Scotland"
},
"id": "1",
"relatedLot": "1"
}
],
"legalBasis": {
"id": "32014L0024",
"scheme": "CELEX"
},
"lots": [
{
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"description": "30",
"name": "Service Delivery \u0026 Framework Management",
"type": "quality"
},
{
"description": "70",
"name": "Commercial",
"type": "cost"
}
]
},
"description": "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.. The contract value is an estimate based on the potential aggregated value over the possible term of 48 months. APUC will not\r\n 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.",
"hasOptions": false,
"id": "1",
"status": "complete"
}
],
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"procurementMethod": "limited",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition",
"procurementMethodRationale": "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.",
"procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
{
"description": "The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to procurement aiming at the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance",
"id": "D_ARTISTIC",
"scheme": "TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL"
}
],
"status": "complete",
"techniques": {
"hasFrameworkAgreement": true
},
"title": "SHEDL eBook Collections - Oxford University Press (OUP)"
}
}