BBB1626F Single Supplier Framework for the Supply e-textbooks to Support Online Teaching for University of Limerick

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

This public procurement competition relates to the establishment of a single party framework agreement for the supply of essential e-textbooks to support online provision of teaching, learning and assessment is required by the Library at University of Limerick.
The optimum solution is a model that offers users unlimited access to purchased titles on a ‘no turnaways basis’. By ‘no turnaways’ we mean that users will be able to gain unlimited access to titles when required.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-08-17. The procurement was published on 2021-07-16.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-07-16 Contract notice
2022-05-03 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-07-16)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Postal address: University of Limerick
Postal town: Castletroy
Postal code: Co. Limerick
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Maria Owens
Phone: +353 61234852 📞
E-mail: maria.owens@ul.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.educationprocurementservice.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193582&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193582&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Other type: Education

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“BBB1626F Single Supplier Framework for the Supply e-textbooks to Support Online Teaching for University of Limerick BBB1626F”
Products/services: E-learning services 📦
Short description:
“This public procurement competition relates to the establishment of a single party framework agreement for the supply of essential e-textbooks to support...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 500 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Education and training services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“This public procurement competition relates to the establishment of a single party framework agreement for the supply of essential e-textbooks to support...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 500 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“The contracting authority reserves the right, at its discretion, to extend the term for a period or periods of up to twelve (12) months with a maximum of...”    Show more
Additional information:
“This competition relates to the establishment of a single party framework agreement for the supply of essential e-textbooks to support online provision of...”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: Please see RFT document for further details.
Conditions for participation
Please see RFT document for further details.
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria: Please see RFT document for further details.
Conditions for participation
Conditions for participation (technical and professional ability): Please see RFT document for further details.
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-08-17 14:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-08-17 14:00 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: Education Procurement Service
Postal town: Limerick
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Education Procurement Service
Postal town: Limerick
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2021/S 139-370153 (2021-07-16)
Contract award notice (2022-05-03)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal code: Co.Limerick

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“BBB1626F Single Supplier Framework for the supply e-textbooks to support online teaching for University of Limerick. BBB1626F”
Short description:
“This public procurement competition relates to the establishment of a Single Party Framework Agreement for the supply of essential e-textbooks to support...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 500 000 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“This public procurement competition relates to the establishment of a Single Party Framework Agreement for the supply of essential e-textbooks to support...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price
Description
Additional information:
“This competition relates to the establishment of a Single Party Framework Agreement for the supply of essential e-textbooks to support online provision of...”    Show more

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 139-370153

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“BBB1626F Single Supplier Framework for the supply e-textbooks to support online teaching for University of Limerick.”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-03-23 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Kortext Limited
National registration number: 184969444
Postal address: 26-32 Oxford Road,
Postal town: Bournemouth
Postal code: BH8 8EZ
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: timp@kortext.com 📧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
URL: http://www.kortext.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 💰
Source: OJS 2022/S 089-244079 (2022-05-03)