Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- APUC Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ebsco International Inc
- Value
- £36,000,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Printed matter · Journals (CPV 22211000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 064617-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Feb 2025
- Published13 Oct 2025Published 227 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority undertook a procurement exercise to appoint a Subscription Agent to supply to manage the supply and delivery of periodicals and the associated services. Periodical are defined as any domestic or foreign publication supplied in a print or electronic format. The publication may take various formats, such as a magazine, newspaper, or journal to name a few examples, and may be issued in successive parts, at regular intervals and may continue indefinitely. The appointed agent will be required to provide the service to: * HE/FE institutions in Scotland * HE institutions of Northern Ireland * The members of the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries(SCURL) * The Scottish Government * NHS Education Scotland (SHEDL deals only) acting on behalf of The Knowledge Network. Parties eligible to use the Framework Agreement are as listed in Appendix E — List of Institutions. Members of APUC - http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/
About the supplier
Ebsco International Inc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company FC016134).