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Digital Theatre+ (Existing subscribers) 2025-2028

Jisc Services Limited · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 00:19.

Opportunity overview

Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with Digital Theatre.com Limited. Digital Theatre+ brings performance directly into the classroom, library and lecture hall. Bringing you filmed productions, practitioner interviews, and a wide range of written introductory/contextual materials. Live full length productions - including Digital Theatre’s own recordings alongside collections from the likes of the Shakespeare's Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the BBC, Broadway Digital Archive, Eclipse, Royal Opera House, London Symphony Orchestra etc. Also includes audio radio-plays from LA Theatre Works. In-depth practitioner interviews exploring process, craft and technique with academics, playwrights and industry insiders: including actors, directors as well as all backstage staff: lighting technicians, fight coordinators and stage managers. Expert research resources such as encyclopedia entries, workshops, lectures and essays all written by academics and industry insiders and many peer-reviewed. This contract is for use by Jisc Members only and not for Jisc's own use.

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.

Digital Theatre.com Limited

Match pending…
Published award value
£214k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PYBD-8262-BJXD
Location
LONDON, UKI31, WC1B 3HH, United Kingdom

Digital Theatre.com Limited

Match pending…
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Apr 2025
Award ID
2
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PYBD-8262-BJXD
Location
LONDON, UKI31, WC1B 3HH, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0000Value not stated

Documents and notices

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
Proc2925
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with Digital Theatre.com Limited. Digital Theatre+ brings performance directly into the classroom, library and lecture hall. Bringing you filmed productions, practitioner interviews, and a wide range of written introductory/contextual materials. Live full length productions - including Digital Theatre’s own recordings alongside collections from the likes of the Shakespeare's Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the BBC, Broadway Digital Archive, Eclipse, Royal Opera House, London Symphony Orchestra etc. Also includes audio radio-plays from LA Theatre Works. In-depth practitioner interviews exploring process, craft and technique with academics, playwrights and industry insiders: including actors, directors as well as all backstage staff: lighting technicians, fight coordinators and stage managers. Expert research resources such as encyclopedia entries, workshops, lectures and essays all written by academics and industry insiders and many peer-reviewed. This contract is for use by Jisc Members only and not for Jisc's own use.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Framework Agreement

Type
open
Method
withoutReopeningCompetition
Description
Award without competition as the supplier is the rightsholder to the IP of the content and the sole supplier of this unique resource.
Buyer Categories
The scope of the framework covers purchases by the following: • Higher Education institutions • Further Education institutions • Consortiums and any other Organisation or Body whose core purpose is the support or advancement of further or higher education or of research • Any other education institute • Multi Academy Trusts and other organisations established and acting on behalf of Colleges • Specialist Colleges • Research councils and other such organisations This framework is open to organisations in England, Wales, Northern Ireland & Scotland Members of these consortia are eligible to purchase from this framework by virtue of its membership, as will members of any other similar purchasing consortium in higher or further education that might be formed during the lifetime of the framework • www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list • www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members • www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members • www.neupc.ac.uk/members • www.hepcw.ac.uk/members • www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0000
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PZZC-9926-PRNM
Name
Jisc Services Limited

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK11
Country
GB
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS1 6NB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
4 Portwall Lane

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PZZC-9926-PRNM
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Neil Lewin
Telephone
+44 2081482444
Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PYBD-8262-BJXD
Name
Digital Theatre.com Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKI31
Country
GB
Locality
LONDON
Postal Code
WC1B 3HH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
20 BEDFORD SQUARE

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme
Sheltered Workshop
Yes
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
PYBD-8262-BJXD
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 3
Id
GB-PPON-PGYD-1575-ZHXX
Name
Jisc
Role Details
The contract will be with Jisc Services Limited as a subsidiary of Jisc.

Roles

procuringEntity
processContactPoint

Address

Region
UKK11
Country
GB
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS1 6NB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
4 Portwall Lane

Identifier

Id
PGYD-1575-ZHXX
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Neil Lewin

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Digital Theatre+ (Existing subscribers) 2025-2028
Status
pending
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
80000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Education and training services

Value

Currency
GBP
Including VAT
213,979

Renewal

Description
We have consistently renewed the agreement in the past. However, the decision to extend the contract beyond the 2025-2028 term will be a joint decision involving both the publisher and Jisc. Several factors will be considered, including agreeable pricing and the value of renewal, such as the number of subscribers. While it is highly likely that the agreement will be renewed, we review each contract closer to the renewal period, which is why we have committed to a three-year term at this point.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
015679-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
16 Apr 2025, 16:38

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYBD-8262-BJXD
Name
Digital Theatre.com Limited

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
1 May 2025, 00:59

Related lots

LOT-0000

Contract period

Ends
1 May 2028, 00:59
Starts
1 May 2025, 01:00
Max Extent Date
1 May 2029, 00:59
Award 2
Id
2
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
80000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Education and training services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYBD-8262-BJXD
Name
Digital Theatre.com Limited

Related lots

LOT-0000

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
2
Title
Digital Theatre+ (Existing subscribers) 2025-2028
Status
active
Award ID
2
Date Signed
30 Apr 2025, 01:00
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes

Value

Currency
GBP
Including VAT
213,979

Period

Ends
1 May 2028, 00:59
Starts
1 May 2025, 01:00
Max Extent Date
1 May 2029, 00:59

Renewal

Description
We have consistently renewed the agreement in the past. However, the decision to extend the contract beyond the 2025-2028 term will be a joint decision involving both the publisher and Jisc. Several factors will be considered, including agreeable pricing and the value of renewal, such as the number of subscribers. While it is highly likely that the agreement will be renewed, we review each contract closer to the renewal period, which is why we have committed to a three-year term at this point.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
028624-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
30 May 2025, 00:12

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UKK11 · BS1 6NB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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