SERIALS SUBSCRIPTION AGENT
Details
- Value
- £1,001,000
- Topic
- Subscription services
- Published
- 17 December 2024
- Submission
- 15 January 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
The Authority is seeking to procure a Supplier to manage the provision of serials subscriptions and journals subscriptions to the libraries of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which have a requirement for delivery of print and electronic periodicals, journals, and magazines. The Authority currently subscribes to over 300 print and electronic journal titles. Lot 1: The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords (acting jointly) invite tenders from suitable organisations who wish to tender for a single supplier contract for a Serials Subscription Agent to manage the provision of serials subscriptions and journals subscriptions to the libraries of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which have a requirement for delivery of print and electronic periodicals, journals, and magazines. The contract will commence on 14th April 2025 and will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years on the following basis: 3+1+1.<br/><br/>The full requirements are set out within the procurement documents which are downloadable free of charge from Atamis: https://atamis-ukparliament.my.site.com/s/Welcomehttps://atamis-ukparliament.my.site.com/s/Welcome If your organisation is not already registered on the UK Parliament Atamis portal, please use the URL above and click on the 'Register here' button, registration is free. Guidance on how to register is available via a link beneath the registration button. Once logged in, click on ‘Find opportunities’ and follow the on-screen instructions. Supplier guidance and support is available once logged in. To ensure you receive email notifications from our system, please add the email domain 'notifications@atamis.co.uk’ to your Safe Senders list. The portal does not currently have the ability to generate alerts to registered suppliers when a new opportunity is published, therefore suppliers are encouraged to register as a supplier and subscribe to the notification service available in both Find a Tender and Contracts Finder to ensure they are notified immediately after publication of any new opportunities.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published17 December 2024Current notice
- Completed: Submission date15 January 2025
About the buyer
House of Commons is the elected chamber of the UK Parliament, procuring through the Parliamentary Commercial Department, a shared service for both Houses. Suppliers log into the Atamis portal to see openly advertised tenders. Larger contracts also appear on the Central Digital Platform through the Find a Tender Service. Smaller or less open competitions run through framework agreements, some set up by the department and some by bodies such as the Crown Commercial Service. Upcoming larger procurements are flagged through individual pipeline notices. Purchase orders carry UK Parliament's own standard terms unless different terms have been agreed.
£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.
Over the past 5 years, most of House of Commons's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and architectural and engineering services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 79980000 · Subscription services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@house-of-commons.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@house-of-commons.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@house-of-commons.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@house-of-commons.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@house-of-commons.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@house-of-commons.gov |
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