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Procurement & contracting

We buy ict and content on the best possible terms and make sure you can use it easily. We also support you in procurement processes we carry out jointly for institutions.
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Public values under pressure: libraries draw line at licence negotiations

For the first time, a negative procurement opinion has been issued against a publisher of scientific publications. Not because of the price of the licence, but because the publisher does not have its privacy rules in order. The chairs of the licensing working groups of UKB and SHB explain how they arrived at the opinion.
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Procurement lawyer Monique Pellinkhof: "Creating a match is cool"

Tenders tedious? Not for Monique Pellinkhof. She is senior procurement manager at GÉANT, the European association of research and education networks (NRENs). Currently, Pellinkhof is extremely busy with OCRE2024, the European tender for cloud services. "The international collaboration is hugely rewarding," she says.
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Procurement and delivery

SURF members join forces to jointly purchase IT and content. In this way, we are stronger in the market and make clear agreements on matters such as price, functionality, sustainability, privacy and security. Institutions benefit from suitable facilities, favourable terms of use and shared expertise - for optimum use in education and research.