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Provision of Electronic Academic Research Databases

University of Strathclyde · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 05:13.

Opportunity overview

This Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) relates to a supply contract for the Provision of Electronic Academic Research Databases.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC

Matched by normalised name
Contract value
£447.9k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
2 May 2024
Award ID
052161-2026-UOS-32491-S-2024-1
Status
active
Location
Enfield, London, UK, EN1 3XA, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV48160000 — Library software package
  • CPV22120000 — Publications
  • CPV48611000 — Database software package
  • CPV72320000 — Database services

Lots

  • This contract shall be entered into with EBSCO International Inc for the Provision of electronic academic research databases including CINAHL, Business Source Ultimate, Communication and Entrepreneurial Studies Source.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
UOS-32491-S-2024
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
goods
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Review Details
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss, or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings to the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Why this procedure was chosen
A Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) was raised on 29/05/2024. It provided third parties with the opportunity to raise their objection to this contract being awarded without competition. No objection was received which allows the University to determine that the appropriate route to market for this requirement is an award without competition in accordance with the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016, Regulation 6 – Circumstances in which a contract can be awarded without competition - (1) A contracting authority may award a public contract without seeking offers in relation to the proposed contract - b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons - (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
48160000
Description
Library software package

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_PROTECT_RIGHTS
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
This contract shall be entered into with EBSCO International Inc for the Provision of electronic academic research databases including CINAHL, Business Source Ultimate, Communication and Entrepreneurial Studies Source.
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
0

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72320000
Description
Database services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
48611000
Description
Database software package
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
22120000
Description
Publications

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM82

Delivery Location

Description
University of Strathclyde

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
University of Strathclyde
Id
GB-FTS-135284

Identifier

Legal Name
University of Strathclyde

Address

Street Address
Learning & Teaching Building, 49 Richmond Street
Locality
Glasgow
Region
UKM82
Postal Code
G1 1XU
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Laura Shaw

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
09
Description
Education
Organisation 2
Name
EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC
Id
GB-FTS-68184

Identifier

Legal Name
EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC

Address

Street Address
6th Floor, Civic Centre, Silver Street
Locality
Enfield, London
Region
UK
Postal Code
EN1 3XA
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
Glasgow Sherif Court
Id
GB-FTS-88218

Identifier

Legal Name
Glasgow Sherif Court

Address

Street Address
1 Carlton Place
Locality
Glasgow
Postal Code
G5 9DA
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
052161-2026-UOS-32491-S-2024-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-68184
Name
EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
052161-2026-UOS-32491-S-2024-1
Award ID
052161-2026-UOS-32491-S-2024-1
Status
active
Date Signed
3 May 2024, 00:00

Value

Amount
447,924
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Glasgow · UKM82 · G1 1XU · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKM82

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 052161-2026award, contract ·