Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Elsevier B.V.
- Value
- £271,672.70
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Recreation, culture & sport · Library, archives, museums and other cultural services (CPV 92500000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Dec 2025
- Published15 Jul 2026Published 219 days after the contract date
Description
Elsevier Clinical Key provides medical professionals and researchers at NUH with 24/7 access to over 1000 e-textbooks (including core titles and atlases), over 900 full text journals, over 17,000 medical and surgical videos, plus over 3 million images. The library has purchased Clinical Key for 5 years and this e package forms part of the annual subscription renewals. Additional information: Elsevier B.V. are the sole source provider of the Clinical Key service and providers web based access to searchable databases with unique search functionality and proprietary components. A Direct Award was approved, under the National Institute For Health And Care Excellence (NICE) Electronic and Print Content Framework Agreement (NICEFAHEE/2125) in December 2021.
About the supplier
Elsevier B.V.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 33158992).