Library services

Tender description

NICE is seeking to establish a framework agreement on behalf of Health Education England (HEE), which: 1) identifies suppliers of published medical and healthcare Knowledge Resources and related services that will meet the needs of eligible NHS and healthcare related purchasing authorities and beneficiaries throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; 2) provides a range of Knowledge Resource categories; 3) contains a breadth of supplier type i.e., direct publishers, Agents and other intermediaries e.g. booksellers. The knowledge resources that can be purchased through the framework agreement will be: • Print Journals: periodical publications published as physical hard print journals: periodical publications published as physical hard copies; • Electronic Journals: also known as ejournals, e-journals, and electronic serials - periodical publications published in electronic format(s) including HTML and PDF. May be offered as single titles or a named collection of titles. This lot will be used to purchase knowledge resources that can only be provided by one (i.e. a ‘sole.) provider; purchasing from this lot will be by direct award only; any knowledge resource from the categories set out in the procurement documents may be supplied in Lot 1 provided that the Bidder is the sole supplier of the title(s). However, only journal collections and not individual journals may be supplied under Lot 1. Medical related print books. Medical related eBooks. Medical related eBooks. Medical databases and evidence summaries.