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Coventry Accelerate Gale Archive

Coventry University · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 02:06.

Opportunity overview

Gale Accelerate is a digital archives resource offered by Cengage. It provides a vast array of primary and secondary sources in a number of key subject areas. The material is set to be embedded into teaching and learning activities within the University's Collage of Arts and Society and will be invaluable as research material for both PGT students and research centres.

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.

Cengage Learning (EMEA) Ltd

Matched by number
Contract value
£182.9k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
29 Mar 2026
Including VAT
£182.9k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 00903535
Location
Hampshire, UKJ36, SP10 5BE, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value 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
PA-FRAM-1853-26-TH
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
This product is an intellectual property owned and sold by Cengage/Gale. It fits along their suite of digital archive products which the CU Group already utilises for teaching, learning and research. The archives are also available to be used within Digital Lab Scholar, as learning and research tool designed to enable discovery across archives solutions. There are no other vendors offering the intellectual content required by CAS and the research centres.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Entry 3
Id
urgency

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Coventry University
Id
GB-PPON-PMMH-2339-NMGH

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PMMH-2339-NMGH

Address

Street Address
Priory Street
Locality
Coventry
Postal Code
CV1 5FB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG33

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Cengage Learning (EMEA) Ltd
Id
GB-COH-00903535

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
00903535

Address

Street Address
Cheriton House, North Way, Andover
Locality
Hampshire
Postal Code
SP10 5BE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ36

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
48000000
Description
Software package and information systems

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-00903535
Name
Cengage Learning (EMEA) Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Coventry Accelerate Gale Archive
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
30 Mar 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Below threshold of £5,000,000.00 including VAT.

Period

Starts
31 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Mar 2029, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
182,914
Amount
182,914
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
053810-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
8 Jun 2026, 14:03
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Coventry · UKG33 · CV1 5FB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 022764-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 022789-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 053810-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·