Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Electronic Academic Research Databases
Notice Description
This Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) relates to a supply contract for the Provision of Electronic Academic Research Databases.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This contract shall be entered into with Ebsco International Inc for the Provision of electronic academic research databases including CINAHL, Business Source Ultimate, Communication and Entrepreneurial Studies Source
Procurement Information
Ebsco International Inc. is the sole agent for various electronic databases and owns the intellectual property of it's academic publications and as such the research databases and other electronic library resources available from the Ebsco platform are unavailable elsewhere. Consequently it is not possible to source any other quotations. The proprietary academic content is used by the University and the unique and original research content on the site means that no other product or services can meet the requirement. Value is an estimated for 4 years of subscriptions
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-046c0b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016750-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
39155100 - Library equipment
48160000 - Library software package
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £447,924 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 May 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 25 Apr 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
- Contact Name
- Laura Shaw
- Contact Email
- laura.shaw@strath.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G1 1XQ
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM32 Glasgow City
- Delivery Location
- TLM82 Glasgow City
-
- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Anderston/City/Yorkhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow North East
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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