Northern Illinois University
Sole Source #062205kmj
Announcement of a Sole Source Purchase
Awarded to:
Vendor: multiple vendors, as listed below,
Amount:
a combined total of $785,000
Terms: One-time transaction
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published
Tuesday June 7, 2005
The University
awarded
a contract for
law library books and materials
to
multiple vendors, as listed below,
for
a combined total of $785,000.
This award is for copyrighted and proprietary Law Library books and supplementary legal-research materials (legal journals, subscriptions, microforms, published updates) which we are purchasing directly from the respective legal publisher-provider of the items. These purchases for books and supplementary materials directly from the respective publisher are for hardcopy and/or electronic/on-line database access copyrighted and/or proprietary to each publisher-provider. These publishers? offerings addressing U.S. federal, state, and international law subject areas are of essential importance to the University?s on-going legal research and instructional needs. Each of the following acquisitions, respectively, are economically feasible and procurable from only one source. This award is for single-source open order purchases directly from the following publishers for the period through June 30, 2006:
West Publishing Group ($290,000)
LexisNexis Matthew Bender ($155,000)
Wm. S. Hein Company, Inc. ($90,000)
Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) ($88,000)
LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions ($65,000)
CCH Incorporated ($52,000)
Aspen Publishing Inc. ($45,000)
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