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
- American Chemical Society
- Value
- £10,591,950
- 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 date11 Jun 2025
- Published2 Jul 2025Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with American Chemical Society to enable eligible authors to publish their research in any of the ACS titles. This unlimited Read and Publish agreement includes publishing in all hybrid and fully OA titles. It is for use by Jisc members and not for Jisc's own use.
About the supplier
American Chemical Society: every public contract they have won.