Notice Information
Notice Title
EBSCO Business Source Complete
Notice Description
EBSCO Business Source Complete Subscription Service 2025- 2027
Lot Information
Lot 1
Direct Award to EBSCO Business Source Complete Subscription from 2025-2027
Procurement Information
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulation due to contract value
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e8ba
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007557-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79980000 - Subscription services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £132,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Feb 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 1 Jan 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Ryan Bushell
- Contact Email
- r.bushell@londonmet.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- N7 8DB
- Post Town
- North London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI43 Haringey and Islington
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Islington
- Electoral Ward
- Arsenal
- Westminster Constituency
- Islington North
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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