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
- £2,087,563.89
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Recreation, culture & sport · Library services (CPV 92511000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 037945-2026 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 the following through Jisc’s Elsevier Read and Publish 2026-2028 agreement: - Access to the full Elsevier 2026 Database Journal Collection - Unrestricted publishing in Elsevier journals for eligible authors The University will have unlimited open access publishing to UK authors in Elsevier's Hybrid Journals, Cell Press and Lancet titles. The Licence will provide the University with access to the full text of all articles from Subscribed Titles published and paid for during the respective Subscription Year of the Licence and previous licences from the beginning of the year the subscription started, plus, without additional charge, the full text of all articles from Subscribed Titles published during the four (4) years previous to the year in which the subscription commenced. The Licence shall also include (without any additional charge) electronic access to any cancelled journal titles in ScienceDirect subscribed to and paid fo…
About the supplier
Jisc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02881024).