AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Oxford Brookes University awarded JISC a contract for JSTOR Archive Collections Full Access 2026-2029. The contract is recorded as signed and active, running from 2 October 2026 to 30 July 2029.
Published outcomeOne active award, covering lot 1, was made to JISC. The published contract value is £65,062.73 gross.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold framework call-off for an academic digital-resource service supporting teaching, learning and research at Oxford Brookes University.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
JISC
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 65062.73 GBP · active
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Verified supplier identity is JISC (Companies House number 05747339). Award 1 names JISC as supplier and contract 1, linked to award 1, records £65,062.73 gross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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The process identifies the notice as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”.
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete
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Tender status is recorded as complete.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 is recorded with status active.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 is recorded with status active.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 2 October 2026
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Contract 1 has dateSigned of 2026-10-02.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidence£65,062.73 gross
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Contract 1 value is recorded as amountGross 65062.73, currency GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceAllocated to the single published contract linked to award 1
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One contract is linked to award 1, which has one supplier, JISC.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence2 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-02.
Contract start
99% confidence2 October 2026
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Contract period startDate is 2026-10-02.
Contract end
99% confidence30 July 2029
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Contract period endDate is 2029-07-30.
Notice published
99% confidence19 October 2026
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The contract details notice was published at 2026-10-19T14:09:39+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceJSTOR Archive Collections Full Access 2026-2029
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This is the published process and contract title.
User context
98% confidenceResource embedded in teaching, learning and research at Oxford Brookes University
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Published description states that the resource is embedded in teaching, learning and research at Oxford Brookes.
Procurement category
98% confidenceServices
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Award 1 records mainProcurementCategory as services.
Classification
97% confidenceCPV 80000000 — Education and training services
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The award item lists this additional CPV classification.
Delivery geography
95% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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The award item specifies a delivery address region of UK.
Lot
99% confidenceLot 1; no published lot title or description
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Award 1 and contract 1 relate to lot 1; the lot record has no title or description.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
98% confidenceSelective
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The tender procurementMethod is selective.
Award route
99% confidenceBelow-threshold award under framework
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procurementMethodDetails is recorded as “Below threshold - award under framework”.
Competition flag
98% confidenceNot competitive
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The tender record sets competitive to false.
Framework reference
97% confidenceRelated framework process: ocds-h6vhtk-06c208
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The relatedProcesses record identifies this framework OCID.
Bid and evaluation information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, bidder list, scoring, evaluation rationale or pricing comparison is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence2 October 2026 to 30 July 2029
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Published contract period runs from 2026-10-02 to 2029-07-30.
Duration
97% confidenceApproximately 34 months and 28 days
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Calculated from the explicit published contract start and end dates.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No options or extension terms are included in the supplied contract data.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
97% confidenceSingle-supplier, single-lot framework award
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One active award covers lot 1 and identifies JISC as its sole supplier; the contract is linked to that award.
Service dependency
98% confidenceThe notice describes the resource as embedded in the university’s teaching, learning and research activity.
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Published requirement description.
Award rationale
99% confidenceUnknown
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The published notice does not provide an award rationale or evaluation narrative.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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JISC was matched by Companies House number 05747339, with verified legal name JISC.
Award date
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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Award 1 has no award_date in the supplied award data.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or standalone value
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The lot record contains no title, description or value; the contract-level value is separately published.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No tender dates, submission deadline, bid count, evaluation scores or award rationale are provided.
Commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No pricing breakdown, payment terms, performance measures or extension provisions are included.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No award date is supplied.
- No lot title, lot description or standalone lot value is supplied for lot 1.
- No bid count, bidder information, evaluation scoring, award rationale or pricing comparison is supplied.
- No extension, renewal option, payment, performance or service-level terms are supplied.
- The estimated re-procurement horizon is derived solely from the published end date and is not a procurement forecast.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Oxford Brookes UniversityJISCJSTOR Archive CollectionsJSTOR Full Accesseducation procurementframework award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Oxford Brookes JSTOR Archive Collections contract?
JISC won the single published award for lot 1.
What is the value of the JSTOR contract?
The published gross contract value is £65,062.73.
When does the contract run?
It starts on 2 October 2026 and ends on 30 July 2029.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The published contract record gives a signature date of 2 October 2026.
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