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E-Books, E-Book Collections and E-Textbooks - APUC

The Authority is seeking Contractors to supply a wide range of academic content in digital format. The scope will include: E-Books E-Book Collections (Publishers packages) E-Textbooks The Authority is acting on behalf of the HE and FE institutions in Scotland, Members of the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) which includes amongst its members, the National Library of Scotland, the National Museum of Scotland, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Scotland Excel and its members.

Buyer

APUC LIMITED

Value

£31,000,000

Published

20 Sept 2021

Closes

19 Oct 2021

Procurement details

Source

Find a Tender

Region

UKM77

Procurement method

Open

Category

Goods

Contract starts

Not provided

Contract ends

Not provided

CPV classifications

22113000

Library books

22112000

Textbooks

Lots

Lot 1 Title by Title purchase (including non-English languages) via an Aggregator

£8,000,000

For the appointment of up to 5 Contractors for the supply and delivery individual titles via an Aggregator. This exercise is being undertaken on behalf of the HE/FE Institutions in Scotland and the members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL), including the National Library of Scotland, National Museum of Scotland, the Royal...

Delivery: Scotland

Lot 2 Publisher Direct (including Title by Title and E-Book Collections) via an Aggregator

£8,000,000

For the appointment of up to 3 Contractors for the supply and delivery of Title by Title/Collections purchases via the Aggregator's interface with the content provided on the publisher's platform This exercise is being undertaken on behalf of the HE/FE Institutions in Scotland and the members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SC...

Delivery: Scotland

Lot 3 Aggregated Subscription Packages via an Aggregator

£1,000,000

For the appointment of up to 3 Contractors for the supply and delivery of multi-publisher subscriptions with constrained DRM via an Aggregator's platform. This exercise is being undertaken on behalf of the HE/FE Institutions in Scotland and the members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL), including the National Library of S...

Delivery: Scotland

Lot 4 Aggregated Perpetual/EBA Packages via an Aggregator

£1,000,000

For the appointment of up to 5 Contractors for the supply and delivery of multi-publisher packages on a perpetual access/EBA model via an Aggregator's platform. This exercise is being undertaken on behalf of the HE/FE Institutions in Scotland and the members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL), including the National Librar...

Delivery: Scotland

Lot 5 E-Textbooks via an Aggregator

£4,000,000

For the appointment of up to 5 Contractors for the supply and delivery of eTextbook content via an aggregator and hosted on the aggregator's platform. This exercise is being undertaken on behalf of the HE/FE Institutions in Scotland and the members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL), including the National Library of Scotl...

Delivery: Scotland

Lot 6 Title by Title or E-Book Collections via a Publisher

£5,000,000

For the appointment of up to 20 Contractors for the supply and delivery of Title by Title or Collections via a Publisher with unconstrained DRM. This exercise is being undertaken on behalf of the HE/FE Institutions in Scotland and the members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL), including the National Library of Scotland, N...

Delivery: Scotland

Lot 7 E-Textbooks via a Publisher

£4,000,000

For the appointment of up to 20 contractors for the supply and delivery of eTextbook content via a Publisher and hosted on the Publisher's or Aggregator's platform. This exercise is being undertaken on behalf of the HE/FE Institutions in Scotland and the members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL), including the National Li...

Delivery: Scotland

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