Voluntary prior transparency: SaaS service research performance visualization system
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) intends to deploy a SaaS service via an open procurement to visualize and benchmark research results. The service, Scival, offers an integrated platform for analyzing publications, citations, collaboration networks, and research trends. WUR expects a solution that can seamlessly import data from existing systems, complies with Dutch privacy and security standards, and is user-friendly for researchers and policymakers. The procurement focuses on a long-term collaboration with clear service level objectives, including training, technical support, and periodic reporting. The selected supplier must have a proven track record in the academic sector and experience with similar SaaS solutions.
Services · Open · European procedure
01What is being requested
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) intends to deploy a SaaS service via an open procurement to visualize and benchmark research results. The service, Scival, offers an integrated platform for analyzing publications, citations, collaboration networks, and research trends. WUR expects a solution that can seamlessly import data from existing systems, complies with Dutch privacy and security standards, and is user-friendly for researchers and policymakers. The procurement focuses on a long-term collaboration with clear service level objectives, including training, technical support, and periodic reporting. The selected supplier must have a proven track record in the academic sector and experience with similar SaaS solutions.
The assignment concerns the use of the SaaS service Scival, which enables WUR to visualize and benchmark research performance against peers, develop collaborations, and analyze research trends.
02Outcome
Elsevier B.V.
03Exclusion 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).
04Value in context
The contracting authority did not publish an estimated value — common for a large share of contracts. The EU threshold for diensten is € 221.000, for reference.
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07Frequently asked questions
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08Estimated value versus the market
€ 327K
€ 800K
€ 2,5 mln
Gegunde waarden in CPV 72 · diensten n=1436