New York State Contract Reporter #UCO 1018

CUNY Procurement of Wiley Online Books eBook Collection and Platform Services

CUNY is seeking to procure access to the Wiley Online Books eBook collection and associated platform services for all its campuses. - Government Buyer: - City University of New York (CUNY), University Central Office, Office of Library Services - OEM Highlight: - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is the exclusive owner, publisher, and distributor of the Wiley Online Books platform and content - Products/Services Requested: - Access to the Wiley Online Books eBook Collection (over 27,000 academic monographs, handbooks, and reference works) - Platform hosting, maintenance, and ongoing updates - Integration with CUNY's library discovery and access systems - Secure authentication and entitlement management - Interoperability with Wiley-published journal content - Unique/Notable Requirements: - Sole-source procurement due to proprietary content and platform - Vendors must be authorized by Wiley to sell or resell these resources to public higher education institutions - No third-party vendors are authorized to provide equivalent access or platform functionality - Supports instruction, research, and academic program delivery across all CUNY campuses

Description

The City University of New York (CUNY), on behalf of the Office of Library Services, seeks to provide access to a comprehensive collection of scholarly eBooks through the Wiley Online Library platform, known as Wiley Online Books. This procurement supports a sole-source determination as Wiley Online Books is exclusively provided by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The resource supports instruction, research, and academic program delivery across all CUNY campuses. The selected vendor must provide full access to the Wiley Online Books catalog, platform hosting, maintenance, updates, and integration with institutional discovery and access systems.

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