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.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-07-22. The procurement was published on 2025-06-20.
Who? What?- โข Computer-related equipment โบ Library automation equipment
- โข Database and operating software development services โบ Database software development services
- โข Database services โบ Added-value database services
- โข Database systems โบ Database software package
- โข Database systems โบ Database-management system
- โข Industry specific software development services โบ Library software development services
- โข Journals โบ Official journals
- โข Library and archive services โบ Library services
- โข Library software package โบ Library management system
- โข Miscellaneous business-related services โบ Library management services
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
- โข Southern โบ Mid-West
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:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Library, archives, museums and other cultural services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 42 100 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โ
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 4
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 4
1๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Science Direct
Additional products/services:
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Duration: 72 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:
2๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Scopus
Title
Lot Identification Number:
3๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: SciVal
Title
Lot Identification Number:
4๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Knovel
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-07-22 14:00:00 ๐
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏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 โ
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number:
Postal address: Castletroy Limerick
Postal code: V94 DK53
Postal town: Limerick
Region: Mid-West ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: info@educationprocurementservice.ie ๐ง
Phone: 061233715 ๐
URL: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐
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 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5946449 ๐
There is a maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure โ
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure โ
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: See CFT Documents
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 119-405848 (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:
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.
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Products/services: Library, archives, museums and other cultural services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 42 100 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โ
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 4
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 4
1๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
1
Title: Science Direct
Additional products/services:
+ 15 more
Database services
๐ฆ
Database systems
๐ฆ
Journals
๐ฆ
Library services
๐ฆ
Official journals
๐ฆ
Duration: 72 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
2๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
2
Title: Scopus
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0002
3๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
3
Title: SciVal
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0003
4๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
4
Title: Knovel
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0004
Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-07-22 14:00:00 ๐
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏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 โ
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: info@educationprocurementservice.ie ๐ง
Phone: 061233715 ๐
URL: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐
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 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5946449 ๐
There is a maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure โ
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure โ
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: See CFT Documents
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 119-405848 (2025-06-20)
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