Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Ministry of Justice · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Ebsco International Inc
- Value
- £327,691.04
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Library management system (CPV 48161000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Dec 2025
- Published23 Jan 2026Published 31 days after the contract date
Description
The Ministry of Justice has awarded a call off contract under the supc lib4054 Framework Agreement for the provision of Online Library Services, including digital research databases, ejournal subscriptions and associated information services. The contract has been awarded to ebsco International Inc, a specialist provider of academic research platforms and subscription management solutions. The awarded services provide access to a suite of high value databases covering criminology, psychology, behavioural sciences, sociology, public health, and related subject areas, alongside access to full text academic journals from leading publishers including Oxford University Press, Sage, Taylor and Francis, and Wiley.
About the supplier
Ebsco International Inc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company FC016134).