Journals

Tender description

The Department for Education (the Department or ‘DfE’) is seeking to establish a contract for the electronic provision of journal subscriptions. This service should act as a ‘one stop shop’ arrangement for the Department’s journal access requirements that will provide access to required content in key research areas. We would like a service that includes contingency arrangements in case the standard offer becomes temporarily inaccessible, for whatever reason, although our priority is alternative electronic access with print access as a last resort only. We also want to trial ebook access. The Department requires the provision of a range of electronic academic and scientific journal collections covering the department’s policy interests. This should act as a ‘one stop shop’ for the Department’s journal access requirements. The core content offering should be: — accessible to multiple users concurrently, but allowing for growth in usage, — academic scientific evidence only, — integrated electronic access to other, specific journals where needed and where not covered by the core offering, — integrated electronic open access content, — policy-relevant research content relevant to all DfE policy areas including early years, schools, further education, higher education and children’s services, — a high level of full-text access, — UK and international English-language evidence, — management data on usage including search terms, — it should be possible to click a link, and be taken straight to a specific search in the portal without having to log on. A full description of the procurement can be found in the procurement documents in Annex B — Statement of Requirements.