University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Announcement of a Sole Source Purchase
Renewal entered into with:Vendor: ProQuest LLC
Amount: An estimated $500,000
Renewal: 2nd of 2, 7/1/2017 through 6/30/2018
Pricing Changes:
None
Service/Product Changes:
None
Sole Source Status:
The University has verified that these resources are still only available from this vendor.
Potential Future Renewals:
None
The State Purchasing Officer for this procurement is now Aaron M. Finder.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Renewal entered into with:Vendor: ProQuest LLC
Amount: An estimated $500,000
Renewal: 1st of 2, 7/1/2016 through 6/30/2017
Pricing Changes:
4% increase
Service/Product Changes:
None
Sole Source Status:
The University has verified that these resources are still only available from this vendor.
Potential Future Renewals:
$500,000
The State Purchasing Officer for this procurement is now Aaron M. Finder.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Awarded to:Vendor: ProQuest LLC, Ann Arbor, MI
Amount: An estimated $500,000
Terms:
An estimated start date of 7/30/2015 through 6/30/2016, 12 months
Renewals:
2 one-year
Potential Future Renewals:
$1,000,000
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
The hearing has been cancelled since no vendors registered to attend or submitted comments regarding this notice.
First published Monday, June 29, 2015
The University awarded a contract for ProQuest/EBL Ebooks to ProQuest LLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for an estimated $500,000.
Online access to the ProQuest/EBL ebook catalog records loaded into the integrated library system for the license period July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016 will allow continued access for current library systems users as well as new libraries to these records.
The University has determined that this purchase is only economically available from this source because the If possible to find the exact same unique ebook titles that have been purchased for consortial use from another provider, the project work would be similar to suspending access. The catalog records from another provider would have different urls and different authentication requirements. All current ebook data would need to be deleted and replaced with the new provider's catalog records. This would entail a major disruption in access to these titles until all catalogs and discovery services could be updated. In addition to the tremendous amount of information technology work, if CARLI were to contract with another consortia or publisher for this content, CARLI members would be required to pay a higher price plus an administrative surcharge (3% - 5%). In addition, to participate in other consortial database offerings may require individual membership fees from institutions. Contracting directly with ProQuest LLC will provide the lowest price possible to CARLI member libraries.
For additional information, contact:
State Purchasing Officer - Aaron M. Finder
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qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.
