Voluntary transparency beforehand - Clinical Key
Utrecht University intends to award the license for Clinical Key, a medical knowledge platform from Elsevier BV, directly via an award procedure without public notice. The procurement falls under the category of services and focuses on obtaining a full, institutional license for use by faculties, students, and staff. The procedure is voluntarily transparent but not mandatorily public, offering the possibility to manage selection criteria and pricing internally. Utrecht University emphasizes that the choice for Elsevier is based on existing collaboration, technical integration with the library infrastructure, and the quality of the medical content. The procurement requires compliance with license terms, data security, support and maintenance, and a clear pricing structure. The procedure is relatively simple, with a complexity score of 3, and is aimed at a rapid, efficient delivery of a high-quality knowledge platform.
Services · Onderhandeling zonder bekendmaking · European procedure
01What is being requested
Utrecht University intends to award the license for Clinical Key, a medical knowledge platform from Elsevier BV, directly via an award procedure without public notice. The procurement falls under the category of services and focuses on obtaining a full, institutional license for use by faculties, students, and staff. The procedure is voluntarily transparent but not mandatorily public, offering the possibility to manage selection criteria and pricing internally. Utrecht University emphasizes that the choice for Elsevier is based on existing collaboration, technical integration with the library infrastructure, and the quality of the medical content. The procurement requires compliance with license terms, data security, support and maintenance, and a clear pricing structure. The procedure is relatively simple, with a complexity score of 3, and is aimed at a rapid, efficient delivery of a high-quality knowledge platform.
Utrecht University intends to award the Clinical Key license directly to Elsevier BV, located at Radarweg 29 in Amsterdam.
02Exclusion grounds
- No specific exclusion grounds were extracted. In a European tender, the mandatory and discretionary grounds of art. 2.86/2.87 of the Dutch Procurement Act almost always apply — check the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD).
03Value in context
04Likely competitors
05Legal themes that may be relevant here
06Frequently asked questions
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07Estimated value versus the market
€ 200K
€ 640K
€ 3,0 mln
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