Contract award · 1 Sep 2025

Clinicalkey-Library Key 2025-2028

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust awarded “Clinicalkey-Library Key 2025-2028” to Elsevier B V for £177k on 1 Sep 2025. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionSoftware & information systemsSouth East

Value £177k
WinnerElsevier B V

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
Supplier
Elsevier B V
Value
£176,993.74
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date1 Sep 2025
  2. Published8 Sep 2025Published 7 days after the contract date

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framework NICE2528

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