AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Oxford Brookes University has published contract details for OUP online products for higher education, covering Grove Art and Grove Music, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford Reference Online. The active award is to JISC under a below-threshold framework route.
Published outcomeOne active award (award 1) is recorded for JISC. The linked contract is marked active, was signed on 1 October 2026, and runs to 30 August 2030.
Market significanceThis is a £57,727.29 gross subscription-style services contract for specialist higher-education online reference resources, procured through an existing framework rather than an open competition.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
JISC
98% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 57727.29 GBP · active
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Award 1 names JISC (GB-COH-05747339) as supplier and relates to lot 1. The single linked contract for award 1 states a gross value of GBP 57,727.29.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidenceContract details notice published 19 October 2026
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Document 098546-2026 is described as a Contract details notice on Find a Tender and has datePublished 2026-10-19T14:36:49+01:00.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status active.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status active.
Contract signature
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract start
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract end
99% confidence30 August 2030
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2030-08-30T23:59:59+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidence£57,727.29 gross
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Contract 1 value records amountGross 57727.29, amount 57727.29 and currency GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceSingle contract value linked to award 1 and lot 1
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Contract 1 is linked to awardID 1; award 1 relates to lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period
99% confidence1 October 2026 to 30 August 2030
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Contract 1 period specifies startDate 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00 and endDate 2030-08-30T23:59:59+01:00.
Notice publication
99% confidence19 October 2026
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The contract details notice was published at 2026-10-19T14:36:49+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceOUP online products for higher education
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Process title is OUP Online Products for HE 2026-2030.
Products named
99% confidenceGrove Art and Grove Music; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; Oxford English Dictionary; Oxford Reference Online
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These products are listed in the process description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is services.
Classification
96% confidenceCPV 80000000 — Education and training services
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Award item 1 contains CPV 80000000 with this description.
Delivery coverage
92% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Award item 1 lists a delivery address region of UK.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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Tender procurementMethod is selective.
Route
99% confidenceBelow-threshold award under framework
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states Below threshold - award under framework.
Competition indicator
99% confidenceNot competitive
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Tender competitive is false.
Framework reference
96% confidenceocds-h6vhtk-06924e
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The relatedProcesses entry identifies this as the framework process.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract term
99% confidence1 October 2026 to 30 August 2030
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Contract 1 period provides these start and end dates.
Signed date
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false; tender route also states below-threshold award under framework.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
94% confidenceFramework-based award for a defined group of digital higher-education reference products
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The tender states a below-threshold award under framework; the description names four OUP product groupings.
Market access signal
98% confidenceThe notice records a non-competitive framework award, so it does not evidence an open supplier contest for this requirement.
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Tender competitive is false and procurementMethodDetails states Below threshold - award under framework.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award-date information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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Award 1 has no award_date in the supplied award record.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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Lot 1 is supplied with status complete but null title, description and value fields.
Evaluation and pricing detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid counts, evaluation scores, award rationale, unit pricing or pricing breakdown are provided.
Renewal terms
97% confidenceNo extension or renewal option is stated; the re-procurement horizon is an end-date estimate only.
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The contract period ends on 30 August 2030, but no option fields or extension terms are supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published award record does not provide an award date.
- Lot 1 has no title, description or individual value in the supplied data.
- No bidder numbers, evaluation results, award rationale, pricing breakdown or savings information is supplied.
- No extension or renewal option is published; any re-procurement timing is only an estimate from the stated contract end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Oxford Brookes UniversityJISCOUP Online Products for HEOxford English DictionaryOxford Reference OnlineGrove ArtGrove MusicOxford Dictionary of National Biographyhigher education digital resources
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the OUP Online Products for HE 2026-2030 contract?
JISC is the supplier named for active award 1.
What is the contract value?
The linked contract value is £57,727.29 gross.
When does the contract run?
The stated period is 1 October 2026 to 30 August 2030.
What products are covered?
The notice names Grove Art and Grove Music, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford Reference Online.
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