Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University of Strathclyde · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Edward Elgar Publishing limited SME
- Value
- £60,944
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Printed matter · Textbooks (CPV 22112000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 009184-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Feb 2026
- Published2 Feb 2026Published the same day
Description
The academic publications will be used by all faculties and will enhance the Library's current portfolio of Edward Elgar eBooks of Business and Management Economics and Finance, Law, Social and Political Science.
About the supplier
Edward Elgar Publishing limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02041703).