LI3377R MU PQQ for the Provision of Subscription Agreements for Access to 4 Lots of Electronic Journals

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) is a nationally funded e-resource licensing Consortium providing access to resources on behalf of participating Irish publicly funded higher education institutions (IReL Members). The tender will be divided into four (4) Lots. IReL wishes to enter subscription agreements for access to each of the Lots. The University is seeking expressions of interest from suppliers with the necessary IP rights to license subscription access to these resources.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-07-22. The procurement was published on 2025-06-20.

Who?

What?

Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Southern โ€บ Mid-West
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin

Procurement history
Date Document
2025-06-20 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-06-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: LI3377R MU PQQ for the Provision of Subscription Agreements for Access to 4 Lots of Electronic Journals
Short description:
โ€œIReL (Irish Research eLibrary) is a nationally funded e-resource licensing Consortium providing access to resources on behalf of participating Irish...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Library, archives, museums and other cultural services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 42 100 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 4
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 4

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Description of the procurement:
โ€œIReL (Irish Research eLibrary) is a nationally funded e-resource licensing Consortium providing access to resources on behalf of participating Irish...โ€    Show more
Additional products/services: Database systems ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Database and operating software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Database software development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Database and operating software development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Added-value database services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Database services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Journals ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Official journals ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Library and archive services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Library services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Library automation equipment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Library management services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Library software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Library management system ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Library software development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Database-management system ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Database software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Duration: 72 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
Maximum number: 5
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

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Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

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Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003

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Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0004

Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted procedure โœ…
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-07-22 14:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated โœ…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Postal address: Castletroy Limerick
Postal code: V94 DK53
Postal town: Limerick
Region: Mid-West ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: info@educationprocurementservice.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 061233715 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5946449 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5946449 ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โ€œSee CFT Documentsโ€
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 119-405848 (2025-06-20)