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
- St Helens College · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ebsco International Inc
- Value
- £62,008
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jun 2025
- Published29 Jul 2025Published 50 days after the contract date
Description
Library subscription service including single sign on connection, academic search elite, business source elite, CINAHL, Education reseatch, Criminal justice abstracts, eBooks, Apps, Full text finder, Discovery service 3 year call off from Advance Procurement for Universities and Colleges Ltd (APUC) framework for the supply of library services platforms and associated services ITS1062AP
About the supplier
Ebsco International Inc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company FC016134).