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
- Jisc Services Ltd · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- American Chemical Society
- Value
- £10,591,950
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 036719-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Jun 2025
- Published2 Jul 2025Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with American Chemical Society to enable eligible authors to publish their research in any of the ACS titles. This unlimited Read and Publish agreement includes publishing in all hybrid and fully OA titles. It is for use by Jisc members and not for Jisc's own use.
About the supplier
American Chemical Society: every public contract they have won.