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
- Jisc
- Value
- £930,056.16
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Recreation, culture & sport · Library services (CPV 92511000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 037897-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jan 2026
- Published27 Apr 2026Published 116 days after the contract date
Description
The University has awarded a contract for the Provision of Springer Nature Read and Publish 2026-2028 (JISC) (UOS-41128-2026) via a call-off from JISCs Springer Nature Read and Publish 2026-2028 agreement. The Springer Nature Read and Publish 2026-2028 brings together Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, and Nature Research journals into one Read and Publish agreement. It forms part of the wider Jisc Collections Springer Nature Agreement that includes Nature Subscriptions and the Springer Nature fully open access journals. Springer Read and Publish: - Read includes access to Springer, Adis, Palgrave Macmillan and the Academic journals on Nature.com - Publish includes unlimited article output. Nature Research Read and Publish: - Read includes access to institutions’ existing subscriptions plus any additional titles the University chooses to take on. - Publish includes unlimited article
About the supplier
Jisc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02881024).