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title: "Elsevier ScienceDirect Evidence Based Selection (EBS) renewal"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e6f2"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Coventry University"
published: "2026-08-18"
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# Elsevier ScienceDirect Evidence Based Selection (EBS) renewal

Buyer: Coventry University  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e6f2

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## Summary

Coventry University procured renewal of access to Elsevier ScienceDirect, a software and information platform providing a large body of published content for teaching, learning and research. The platform is used across all subject areas, campuses and levels of study, making this a university-wide information service rather than a specialist departmental purchase. The requirement is categorised as software packages and information systems. Delivery is for Coventry University’s operations in the United Kingdom. The procurement reflects the university’s established reliance on ScienceDirect as one of its most extensively used platforms and its assessment that the platform’s breadth and volume of content could not be matched by another publisher. This is therefore relevant to academic-content publishers, digital library providers and information-platform suppliers serving higher education institutions.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. Coventry University used a direct award below the UK Government threshold, without competition, because it considered the cost of changing platform would outweigh the commercial benefits of a competitive process. One lot was awarded to ELSEVIER B.V. for £68,005 gross, including VAT, in GBP. The contract was signed on 31 July 2026 and runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027. The award covers the ScienceDirect software and information-system service. The recorded procurement value was below the applicable threshold of £207,720 including VAT. Evaluation was therefore not conducted through a competitive tender; the recorded basis was the buyer’s reliance on the existing platform, its breadth of content and the cost of changing supplier.

This outcome indicates demand from Coventry University for a mature, institution-wide academic information platform that can support every subject area, campus and level of study. Suppliers likely to be credible when this requirement next returns will need strong breadth and volume of scholarly content, reliable software delivery and information-system capability, and the capacity to support usage across a university rather than a single faculty or campus. Established adoption is commercially important: the buyer regarded ScienceDirect as one of its most extensively used platforms, so a competing proposition would need to address migration, continuity and the practical cost of changing systems, as well as demonstrate comparable content depth. Relevant competitors include academic publishers, digital library platforms and specialist higher-education information providers.

## Notice

ScienceDirect is one of CU's most extensively used platforms, used across all subjects and all campuses at every level of study. It provides a huge depth and quantity of content that cannot be matched by any other publisher. The cost of change would outweigh any commercial benefits from a competitive procurement process. The value of the contract is below the UK Government threshold of PS207,720.00 including VAT for tendering for goods and services.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078720-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £68,005 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Coventry University |
| Locality | COVENTRY |
| Postcode area | Coventry |
| Postcode | CV1 5FB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG33 Coventry |
| Local authority | Coventry |
| Electoral ward | St Michael's |
| Westminster constituency | Coventry South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ELSEVIER B.V |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 18 Aug 2026 at 17:24 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078720-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078720-2026
  18th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.coventry.ac.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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