Previous Calls
This is a list of Calls previously issued by JISC Collections. Calls are listed by expiry date.
Call for economics consultants to examine bloc payment mechanisms for online journals
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CALL HAS NOW EXPIRED!
JISC Collections invites proposals to explore the metrics that could be used for the redistribution of costs between all the libraries participating in bloc purchase and to create a model that demonstrates the cost benefits of participating in a bloc purchase. In this context a 'bloc' could be all of the higher education institutions in a country, Scotland, England or Northern Ireland or any combination of institutions in those countries, or indeed all of the higher education institutions in the UK. The work should commence in January 2010 and complete by June 2010. Funding of up to £20,000 is available excluding VAT.
Further information: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/09/singlepayment.aspx.
Submission deadline: 12 noon UK time on Friday 27th November 2009.
Supplementary e-textbooks for the JISC Collections E-books for FE Project
[OJEU reference number: 2009/S 176-253983]
Closing date: 2 November 2009
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CALL HAS NOW EXPIRED!
The purpose of this call is to provide Further Education colleges in the UK with additional e-textbooks titles to build upon the e-books for FE project, which made approximately 2990 e-books freely available to FE colleges in the UK from July 2009. Selected titles will be made available via the ebrary platform and made available to the FE community under the terms of the e-books collection (FE) licence agreement, a copy of which will be supplied within the tender documents. To register your interest in this notice and to obtain any additional information please visit the project entry at myTenders or contact a.vernon@jisc.ac.uk
The JISC Collections/JISC Images for Education Project: a nationally funded Core Collection of digital images for UK Schools, Higher and Further Education
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CALL HAS NOW EXPIRED!
JISC Collections invites education institutions to submit proposals to provide digital film and digital image collections to support education across five broad subject areas: History (UK, European and world history), Social sciences (including politics, economics, education and environment), Science, engineering and technology, Art and creative industries (including images of buildings and works of art), Geography (emphasising exploration and the changing world). The tender will require image rights to be granted for perpetual use within education. Funds of up to £750,000 are available.
Who should bid: Higher Education institutions, Further Education institutions, Research Councils
Further Information: Download the tender document
Submission Deadline: Thursday 19th February 2009 13:00
Invitation to Tender for the JISC Collections Digital Film for Education Project: A nationally funded collection of digital film
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CALL HAS NOW EXPIRED!
This tender invites bids from owners of digital film. Suppliers are required to provide Higher and Further Education institutions and schools in the UK with access to collections of digital film via platforms funded by JISC. Funds of up to £1,000,000 are available
Who should bid: Content owners of digital film
OJEU reference: 338103-2008 (2008/S 252-338103)
Further Information: Please contact Elinor Brown to receive the tender documentation
Submission Deadline: Friday 27th February 2009 13:00
Invitation to Tender for the JISC Collections Images for Education Project: A nationally funded Core Collection of digital images
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CALL HAS NOW EXPIRED!
This tender invites bids from owners of digital image collections. The purpose of this tender is to provide Higher and Further Education institutions in the UK with access to a Core Collection of digital images via a platform funded by JISC. Funds of up to £750,000 are available.
Who should bid: Content owners of digital images
OJEU reference: 338104-2008 (2008/S 252-338104)
Further Information: Please contact Elinor Brown to receive the tender documentation
Submission Deadline: Friday 27th February 2009 13:00
Invitation to Tender for the JISC Collections Service Provider Interface Study
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CALL HAS NOW EXPIRED!
JISC Collections wishes to commission a study to explore the approaches taken by Service Providers to the implementation of federated access management, and its effect on the End User experience. The aim of the study is to make clear recommendations regarding common terminology and practices across service provider platforms to both improve the user experience and to ensure the maximum number of successful authentications.
Further Information: Download the tender document
Submission deadline: Monday 2nd March 2009 12:00
Request for Proposals
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CALL HAS NOW EXPIRED!
JISC Collections is seeking to build on its work in this area by inviting all licensors of online educational resources to submit proposals for opt-in subscription agreements for UK universities, colleges and research councils.
Who should bid: Publishers, content owners, licensors of online educational resources
Further Information: Please contact Liam Earney to receive the tender documentation
OJEU Reference: 25492-2009 (2009/S 18-025492)
Submission Deadline: Monday 23rd March 2009 12:00
Invitation to Tender for a new JISC Collections Website
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CALL HAS NOW EXPIRED!
This tender invites bidders to submit proposals to design, develop and implement a back-end (website administration system), front-end (customer-facing system) and hosting solution for a new JISC Collections website.
Who should bid: Website developers, designers and architects
Further Information: Please contact Caren Milloy to receive the tender documentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday 2nd April 2009 13:00
Tender for the Development and Supply of a JISC Content Presentation Layer
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CALL HAS NOW EXPIRED!
JISC and JISC Collections have invested in digitised and licensed content across a huge range of subject areas, formats and historical periods for the benefit of the UK education community. This content is held in over 100 separate collections, each with their own website and interface. Currently, however, there is no unified way to present all these collections as a portfolio of JISC-funded content and the nature of JISC and JISC Collections involvement in making this range of content available to the UK education community is unclear to funding bodies, academic institutions and end users.
To help overcome this and to help derive the maximum benefit from this investment, JISC and JISC Collections are seeking proposals to develop and supply a presentation layer across all the collections. Based on a deep understanding of both the collections and their potential users, the presentation layer should reveal the richness of the collections and offer multiple methods of finding the collections, such as by historical period or subject area.
For a copy of the tender please contact Michael Upshall (m.upshall@jisc.ac.uk)
Closing date: 7 October 2009