OCLC Transitional National Metadata Agreement 2022-2023

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

Jisc Services Ltd is seeking to enter into contract with OCLC to offer our members the opportunity to access online content. This agreement covers metadata download and synchronization services from OCLC for a transitional period. It provides access for subscribing institutions to full, unabridged OCLC cataloguing records via the Library Hub Cataloguing service as well as eligibility to directly access the OCLC WorldCat Cataloguing service. In addition, the data from subscribing institution libraries will be eligible for synchronization to OCLC WorldCat, (subject to OCLC quality criteria) either via the NBK or directly. Those eligible to subscribe are: Jisc members and/or those institutions who contribute data to the Jisc National Bibliographic Knowledgebase. The service is being contracted on behalf of our members; not for Jisc's own use. The contract will be for 1 year.

Total Quantity or Scope

Additional information: The contract value is an estimate based on the aggregate sum of the licence fees that will be paid to the supplier by Jisc member institutions over the term of the contract. Jisc itself makes no payment to the supplier for this service.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services

Legal Justification

The supplier is the rightsholder to the IP of the content and the sole supplier of this unique resource. Therefore Jisc is clear that the arrangement falls within the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights, contained within Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, permitting Jisc to enter into the direct award.

Other Information

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