Notice Information
Notice Title
Coventry Accelerate Gale Archive
Notice Description
Gale Accelerate is a digital archives resource offered by Cengage. It provides a vast array of primary and secondary sources in a number of key subject areas. The material is set to be embedded into teaching and learning activities within the University's Collage of Arts and Society and will be invaluable as research material for both PGT students and research centres.
Procurement Information
This product is an intellectual property owned and sold by Cengage/Gale. It fits along their suite of digital archive products which the CU Group already utilises for teaching, learning and research. The archives are also available to be used within Digital Lab Scholar, as learning and research tool designed to enable discovery across archives solutions. There are no other vendors offering the intellectual content required by CAS and the research centres.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066961
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022789-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £182,914 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Mar 2026Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Mar 20262 days ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Mar 2026 - 30 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COVENTRY
- Postcode
- CV1 5FB
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG33 Coventry
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Coventry
- Electoral Ward
- St Michael's
- Westminster Constituency
- Coventry South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022789-2026
13th March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022764-2026
13th March 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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