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
- Jisc · National Education and Research Network Provider
- Supplier
- Elsevier B.V.
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Apr 2025
- Published28 Apr 2025Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with Elsevier B.V. for Knovel which is a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools and is available as a complete collection or as a customised collection from over 35 subject and content options. The contract is for use of Knovel by Jisc member institutions, not by Jisc itself.
About the supplier
Elsevier B.V.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 33156677).