JISC awards ProQuest Archives access arrangement to ProQuest LLC

Tender information last checkedLast checked 8 Oct 2026, 11:41.

Opportunity overview

Jisc Services Limited is entering into a contract with ProQuest LLC to give Jisc member institutions the opportunity to access the ProQuest Archives via the publishers' server at preferential rates. The ProQuest Archives consist of 18th, 19th; 20th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, British Periodicals Collections I and II, Periodicals Archive Online: Jisc Collections Selections, Early European Books Parts 1-4, and The Vogue Archive. This contract is for use by Jisc Members only and not for Jisc's own use. Contracting authorities that may use the framework: • 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 type: Direct award Direct award justification: Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights The supplier is the rightsholder to the IP of the content and the sole supplier of this unique resource.

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.

ProQuest LLC

No match

Published award value: £205.2k
Awarded: 6 Oct 2026
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-PPON PCXC-2226-VJZY
Location: Ann Arbor, US, 48106-1346, United States

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract award notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

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: Proc3461
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement: Yes

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: JISC
Id: GB-COH-05747339

Identifier

Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 05747339

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PGYD-1575-ZHXX

Address

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

Contact

Email: procurement@jisc.ac.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/ ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - sub-central government

Organisation 2

Name: ProQuest LLC
Id: GB-PPON-PCXC-2226-VJZY

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PCXC-2226-VJZY

Address

Street Address: 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, P.O. Box 1346
Locality: Ann Arbor
Postal Code: 48106-1346
Country: US
Country Name: United States
Region: US

Contact

Email: ron.sumner@clarivate.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Url: http://about.proquest.com ↗
Scale: large
Vcse: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Title: ProQuest Archives (access fees) 2026-2029
Status: active
Date: 7 Oct 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category: services
Above Threshold: No

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 22212000
Description: Periodicals

Entry 2

Scheme: CPV
Id: 48000000
Description: Software package and information systems

Entry 3

Scheme: CPV
Id: 72320000
Description: Database services

Entry 4

Scheme: CPV
Id: 79980000
Description: Subscription services

Entry 5

Scheme: CPV
Id: 80000000
Description: Education and training services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT: 205,173
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-PPON-PCXC-2226-VJZY
Name: ProQuest LLC

Contract period

Starts: 1 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Oct 2029, 23:59

Related lots

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 095055-2026
Document Type: awardNotice
Notice Type: UK6
Description: Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095055-2026 ↗
Published: 8 Oct 2026, 10:27
Format: text/html

Milestones

Entry 1

Id: 1
Type: futureSignatureDate
Due: 20 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status: scheduled

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS

094889-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender · 7 Oct 2026, 15:50
095055-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 8 Oct 2026, 10:27

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

JISC has awarded ProQuest LLC a direct award for access to ProQuest Archives for eligible Jisc member institutions. The published award value is £205,173 gross for 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029.

Published outcome signals

Published award noticeContract award notice published 8 October 2026Evidence: Award document 095055-2026 is described as a Contract award notice on Find a Tender and dated 2026-10-08.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 1 has status "active".
Award decision date7 October 2026Evidence: Award 1 date is 2026-10-07.

95% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed5 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 095055-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07830f
First published: 7 Oct 2026
Last checked: 8 Oct 2026, 11:41
Notice versions reviewed: 2

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 8 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

Award 1 is recorded as active, with ProQuest LLC named as supplier. The record includes a scheduled future signature date of 20 October 2026, so the supplied evidence does not establish that a contract has been signed.

Market significance

This is a single-supplier academic-content access arrangement justified by the publisher's exclusive intellectual-property rights, covering UK education and research-sector users eligible through Jisc and associated consortia.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

ProQuest LLC

98% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · 205173 GBP · Active award; contract signature not evidenced

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Award 1 names ProQuest LLC as supplier, relates it to lot 1, and gives an award-level gross value of GBP 205,173. The award is active, while a future signature date remains scheduled.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Published award notice

99% confidence

Contract award notice published 8 October 2026

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Award document 095055-2026 is described as a Contract award notice on Find a Tender and dated 2026-10-08.

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award 1 has status "active".

Award decision date

98% confidence

7 October 2026

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Award 1 date is 2026-10-07.

Signature status

99% confidence

Not evidenced as signed; signature was scheduled for 20 October 2026

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Award milestone type futureSignatureDate has dueDate 2026-10-20 and status scheduled.

Planned service period

99% confidence

1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029

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Award 1 contractPeriod gives startDate 2026-11-01 and endDate 2029-10-31.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published award value

99% confidence

£205,173 gross

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Award 1 value.amountGross is 205173 GBP.

Value allocation

99% confidence

Award-level value; no separate lot value published

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Award 1 has a GBP 205,173 gross value, while lot 1 has no value amount or currency.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Transparency notice release

98% confidence

7 October 2026, 15:50 BST

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Release history lists transparency notice 094889-2026 at 2026-10-07T15:50:08+01:00.

Award date

98% confidence

7 October 2026

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Award 1 date is 2026-10-07.

Award notice publication

99% confidence

8 October 2026, 10:27 BST

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Award notice document 095055-2026 has datePublished 2026-10-08T10:27:29+01:00.

Scheduled signature date

99% confidence

20 October 2026

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The futureSignatureDate milestone is scheduled for 2026-10-20.

Planned contract start

99% confidence

1 November 2026

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Award contractPeriod startDate is 2026-11-01.

Planned contract end

99% confidence

31 October 2029

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Award contractPeriod endDate is 2029-10-31.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

98% confidence

Access to ProQuest Archives through the publisher's server at preferential rates for Jisc member institutions

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Tender description states that Jisc is entering into the arrangement with ProQuest LLC to enable member institutions to access ProQuest Archives via the publisher's server at preferential rates.

Content named in notice

97% confidence

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers; British Periodicals Collections I and II; Periodicals Archive Online: Jisc Collections Selections; Early European Books Parts 1-4; and The Vogue Archive

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These resources are listed in the tender description.

Use limitation

99% confidence

For Jisc members, not Jisc's own use

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Tender description expressly states this limitation.

Geographic coverage

98% confidence

England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland

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Tender description states the framework is open to organisations in these UK nations; award delivery address is UK.

Classifications

99% confidence

Periodicals; software package and information systems; database services; subscription services; education and training services

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Award item 1 lists CPV codes 22212000, 48000000, 72320000, 79980000 and 80000000.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Direct award

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Tender procurementMethod is "direct" and the description states "Procedure type: Direct award".

Procurement method detail

99% confidence

Below threshold - without competition

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Tender procurementMethodDetails states this wording.

Award rationale published

98% confidence

Single supplier due to intellectual property or exclusive rights

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Tender description says ProQuest is the rightsholder to the content IP and sole supplier of the unique resource.

Framework technique

97% confidence

Framework agreement indicated

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Tender techniques.hasFrameworkAgreement is true.

Competition data

99% confidence

No bid count, evaluation scoring or comparative supplier information supplied

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The supplied notice data contains no bid totals, scores or evaluation results.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Term

99% confidence

Three years planned

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The stated period runs from 1 November 2026 through 31 October 2029.

Extensions or options

99% confidence

Unknown

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No extension, option or renewal term is supplied in the notice data.

Lot structure

99% confidence

One lot recorded, with no published lot title or description

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Tender and award relate to lot 1; supplied lot record has null title and description.

Contract conclusion

99% confidence

Not established by supplied evidence

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The record is an active award, but its signature milestone is future-dated and scheduled.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial model

97% confidence

Member-access arrangement for publisher-hosted archive content at preferential rates

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Tender description says member institutions may access the archives via the publisher's server at preferential rates.

Award concentration

99% confidence

Single named supplier and one recorded lot

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Award 1 names one supplier, ProQuest LLC, and relates to lot 1.

Price transparency

99% confidence

Only a total gross award value is published; pricing by institution, archive, licence tier or usage is not supplied

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The award has one gross value and no pricing breakdown is included in supplied data.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

95%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-07830f
Analysed: 8 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

JISC

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Buyer party is named JISC, with Companies House identifier 05747339.

Buyer type

98% confidence

Public authority - sub-central government

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Buyer party classification is UK_CA_TYPE publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Bristol, United Kingdom

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Buyer address is 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB.

Eligible users

97% confidence

Higher and further education institutions, relevant consortia, education bodies, multi-academy trusts, specialist colleges, research councils and similar research-support organisations

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Tender description lists the eligible categories.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier

99% confidence

ProQuest LLC

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Supplier party and award supplier both name ProQuest LLC; PPON identifier is PCXC-2226-VJZY.

Supplier location

98% confidence

Ann Arbor, United States

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Supplier address locality is Ann Arbor, country is United States.

Supplier scale

96% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details records scale as large.

Supplier role in published rationale

98% confidence

Named as rightsholder and sole supplier of the unique content resource

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The direct-award justification in the tender description makes this statement.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated re-procurement point

78% confidence

Around contract end on 31 October 2029, if no extension or replacement arrangement is made

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This is an estimate based only on the explicit planned end date; no renewal or extension terms are published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Signature and activation distinction

99% confidence

The award is active, but the supplied record schedules a future signature date; it should not be described as a signed contract

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Award status is active and futureSignatureDate is scheduled for 20 October 2026.

Value basis

99% confidence

The published £205,173 figure is explicitly gross and is held at award level

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Award value is recorded as amountGross 205173 GBP; the lot record has no value.

Supplier verification applicability

98% confidence

Company verification is marked not applicable; supplier identity is reported from the published PPON supplier record

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supplierVerification status is not_applicable; ProQuest LLC has PPON ID PCXC-2226-VJZY.

Information not supplied in the published notice

99% confidence

No bid count, evaluation results, lot title, lot value, extension terms, pricing breakdown or contract signature confirmation is supplied

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These fields are absent, null or only represented by a scheduled future signature milestone in the supplied data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The record does not confirm that the contract has been signed; it contains only a scheduled future signature milestone.
No bid count, evaluation scores, tender submissions or detailed comparison of suppliers is published.
No lot title, lot-level value, pricing schedule, institutional charging model or content-level price breakdown is supplied.
No extension, renewal option or other post-end-date arrangement is published.
Supplier company verification is marked not applicable; the supplier name is taken from the published PPON supplier record.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who received the JISC ProQuest Archives award?

ProQuest LLC is the named supplier for award 1.

What is the published value of the award?

The published gross award-level value is £205,173. No separate lot value is supplied.

Was the award competitively tendered?

The notice records a direct award below threshold without competition, justified by exclusive intellectual-property rights.

Has the contract been signed?

The supplied record does not confirm signature. It shows a future signature date scheduled for 20 October 2026.

When is the planned service period?

The award record states 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

ProQuest Archives (access fees) 2026-2029

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

ProQuest LLC

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Techniques

Lots and requirements

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Additional Identifiers

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Value

Suppliers

Contract period

Related lots

Documents

Milestones

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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