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    ContractsElectronic Academic Research Database Services
    Awarded contract

    Electronic Academic Research Database Services

    Awarded
    £447.9k
    Published 3 Jun 2026

    Procurement opportunity for providing electronic academic research database access and services to support institutional research and learning needs.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· ScotlandPublished 3 Jun 2026· 4 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £447.9k
    Published 3 Jun 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £447,924
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Not published
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      IT & Software
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      Scotland

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • EI
      EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 4 months ago.

    3 June 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    This is a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice for a supply contract to provide electronic academic research databases. The contract involves delivering access to comprehensive online academic databases that support research, learning, and information discovery for academic institutions. Potential suppliers should provide solutions that include reliable platform access, extensive journal and research content coverage, user management capabilities, and technical support. The databases will serve multiple concurrent users and must meet institutional standards for security, uptime, and accessibility.

    Track record

    5 awards · 5 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In it software, University of Strathclyde has awarded 5 contracts to 5 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. Elsevier1× · 20%
    2. UNIT4 BUSINESS SOFTWARE LIMITED1× · 20%
    3. BLOOMBERG LP1× · 20%
    4. EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC1× · 20%
    5. PARK PLACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED1× · 20%

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-046c0b

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    Sector
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