University of Illinois System
Announcement of a Sole Source Purchase
Renewal entered into with:Vendor: EBSCO Industries, Inc. d/b/a EBSCO Information Services
Amount: An estimated $900,000
Renewal: 1st and 2nd of 2, 7/1/2023 through 6/30/2025
Pricing Changes:
None
Service/Product Changes:
University desires to exercise renewal options 1 and 2 under this award.
Sole Source Status:
The circumstances that existed at the onset of this sole source procurement are still relevant to the continued need for this sole source procurement.
Potential Future Renewals:
None
The Chief Procurement Officer for this procurement is now John Donato.
The University has taken into account 30 ILCS 575/8i of the BEP Act in conducting this renewal.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Vendor: EBSCO Industries, Inc. d/b/a EBSCO Information Services
Change Order Amount: $0
The University's award of this contract has been assigned from EBSCO Industries, Inc. to EBSCO Information Services, LLC.
The Chief Procurement Officer for this procurement is now John Donato.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
EBSCO Industries, Inc. d/b/a EBSCO Information ServicesIpswich, MA
- Amount: An estimated $1,693,687
- Terms: An estimated start date of 12/1/2019 through 6/30/2023, 43 months
- Renewals: 2 one-year
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Potential Future Renewals:
$1,100,000
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Please find attached the sole source hearing recommendation from the CPO
The Chief Procurement Officer for this procurement is now Ben Bagby.
The State Purchasing Officer for this procurement is now Catherine Bradbury.
First published Monday, November 4, 2019
The University awarded a contract for OpenAthens Authentication Services to EBSCO Industries, Inc. d/b/a EBSCO Information Services, Ipswich, MA, for an estimated $1,693,687.
The Consortia of Academic and Research Libraries (CARLI) at the University of Illinois has a need to purchase OpenAthens, an authentication service which integrates with Alma (CARLI's new cloud-hosted library management system). Using OpenAthens, library users can authenticate their status and gain access to Alma's resources either by using a computer whose Internet Protocol (IP) address shows that it is located onsite at a subscribing institution, or by logging in with a user name and password. CARLI's Member Institutions who do not have OpenAthens as their authentication system would not have access to CARLI?s e-resources through Alma/Primo VE
CARLI and the University, on information and belief, has concluded that only one vendor can meet its need or can meet the need economically. That vendor is EBSCO Industries, Inc. d/b/a EBSCO Information Services. CARLI and the University has provided a detailed justification to support its conclusion as shown on the attached Sole Source Justification Form.
Although the University has presented this as a sole source procurement, we are seeking competitive information from firms with the capability of meeting the University?s need (even if performed in a manner different from what has been presented) to contact us and provide sufficient information to show the need can be met. If we receive that information, the Chief Procurement Officer will offer a public hearing to consider the matter. Hearing information is described below.
The University has determined that this purchase is only economically available from this source because the procurement is software license, upgrade or maintenance. See sole source justification attached for additional information.
For instructions on how to obtain a comprehensive purchase description, disclosure or contract forms, contact:
Daniel Szajna
System Purchasing and Support Services
507 E Green Street
Suite 501, MC-407
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 333-2650
FAX: (217) 239-6760
Chief Procurement Officer - Ben Bagby
State Purchasing Officer - Catherine Bradbury
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qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.
