Germany – Subscription services – Lizenzierung einer wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fachdatenbank (Volltextdatenbank)

Information about the contracting authority and the subject of the procurement procedure: The contracting authority, the ZBW – German National Library of Economics, Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, is an information infrastructure for economic literature with a supra-regional mandate. As an infrastructure institution for economics, it supports researchers and students in their learning, research and publication processes. The ZBW has one location in Hamburg and one in Kiel. Currently, 20,000 people are registered for active library use at the ZBW. The subject of this procurement is the licensing of an economics subject database. Type and subject of the procurement procedure: The procurement is carried out as a European-wide procurement procedure in accordance with the provisions of the Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB) and the Awarding of Contracts Regulations (VgV). The subject of the procurement procedure is the time-limited licensing of a web-based economics subject database, including the granting of corresponding usage rights.