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

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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. Lot 1: Title by Title purchase (including non-English languages) via an Aggregator 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 Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and Scotland Excel and its members. Parties eligible to use the Framework Agreement are as listed in Appendix E - List of Institutions. Members of APUC - http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/ Members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) https://www.scurl.ac.uk/members Members of Scotland Excel - http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/ Additional information: Information about European Union funds The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes Individual call-off contracts under this Framework Agreement may be financed by European Union funds. Lot 2: Publisher Direct (including Title by Title and E-Book Collections) via an Aggregator 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 (SCURL), including the National Library of Scotland, National Museum of Scotland, the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and Scotland Excel and its members. Parties eligible to use the Framework Agreement are as listed in Appendix E - List of Institutions. Members of APUC - http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/ Members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) https://www.scurl.ac.uk/members Members of Scotland Excel - http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/ Additional information: Information about European Union funds The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes Individual call-off contracts under this Framework Agreement may be financed by European Union funds. Lot 3: Aggregated Subscription Packages via an Aggregator 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 Scotland, National Museum of Scotland, the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and Scotland Excel and its members. Parties eligible to use the Framework Agreement are as listed in Appendix E - List of Institutions. Members of APUC - http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/ Members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) https://www.scurl.ac.uk/members Members of Scotland Excel - http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/ Additional information: Information about European Union funds The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes Individual call-off contracts under this Framework Agreement may be financed by European Union funds. Lot 4: Aggregated Perpetual/EBA Packages via an Aggregator 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 Library of Scotland, National Museum of Scotland, the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and Scotland Excel and its members. Parties eligible to use the Framework Agreement are as listed in Appendix E - List of Institutions. Members of APUC - http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/ Members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) https://www.scurl.ac.uk/members Members of Scotland Excel - http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/ Additional information: Information about European Union funds The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes Individual call-off contracts under this Framework Agreement may be financed by European Union funds. Estimated value for this lot as no historical spend data available 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 GBP Lot 5: E-Textbooks via an Aggregator 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 Scotland, National Museum of Scotland, the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and Scotland Excel and its members. Parties eligible to use the Framework Agreement are as listed in Appendix E - List of Institutions. Members of APUC - http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/ Members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) https://www.scurl.ac.uk/members Members of Scotland Excel - http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/ Additional information: Information about European Union funds The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes Individual call-off contracts under this Framework Agreement may be financed by European Union funds. Estimated value for lot as no historical spend data available 4,000,000 to 6,000,000 GBP Lot 6: Title by Title or E-Book Collections via a Publisher 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, National Museum of Scotland, the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and Scotland Excel and its members. Parties eligible to use the Framework Agreement are as listed in Appendix E - List of Institutions. Members of APUC - http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/ Members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) https://www.scurl.ac.uk/members Members of Scotland Excel - http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/ Additional information: Information about European Union funds The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes Individual call-off contracts under this Framework Agreement may be financed by European Union funds. Estimated value for the lots as no historical spend data available 5,000,000 to 8,000,000 GBP Lot 7: E-Textbooks via a Publisher 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 Library of Scotland, National Museum of Scotland, the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and Scotland Excel and its members. Parties eligible to use the Framework Agreement are as listed in Appendix E - List of Institutions. Members of APUC - http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/ Members of Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) https://www.scurl.ac.uk/members Members of Scotland Excel - http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/ Additional information: Information about European Union funds The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes Individual call-off contracts under this Framework Agreement may be financed by European Union funds. Estimated value for the lot as no historical spend data available 4,000,000 to 6,000,000 GBP