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
- Bath Spa University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ebsco International Inc
- Value
- £63,814.80
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Recreation, culture & sport · Library services (CPV 92511000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 042956-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Jan 2025
- Published24 Jul 2025Published 184 days after the contract date
Description
Three year renewal for EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) - a Cloud based subscription service which provides a Google-like search index and interface for the majority of the Library's digital collections and is integrated with the Library catalogue, "Prism".
About the supplier
Ebsco International Inc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company FC016134).