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title: "APA Data Fee"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07773a"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "University Of The West Of England"
published: "2026-09-22"
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# APA Data Fee

Buyer: University Of The West Of England  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07773a

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## Summary

The University of the West of England procured an APA data fee covering access to PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS and PsycINFO. These are academic information resources supporting research, teaching and library services in psychology and related fields. The requirement is classified as goods, with the associated classification describing periodicals. Delivery is for the University’s Bristol operations. The selected supplier is JISC Services Limited, a large Bristol-based organisation that provides services to the higher and further education sector. This requirement is therefore relevant to businesses supplying academic databases, scholarly content, library information services or related institutional access arrangements, particularly those serving universities and research users.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a direct procedure described as below threshold and without competition. JISC Services Limited was selected for the single lot. The contract was signed on 7 July 2026 and runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027. Its value is £56,399.30 excluding VAT and £67,679.16 including VAT. The award is active and the contract is active. The stated requirement is an APA data fee for PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS and PsycINFO. The procurement used one lot and the available outcome identifies one supplier. The recorded evaluation route was direct award rather than a competitive tender, so the commercial precedent is a below-threshold purchase made without competition.

For a supplier that did not win this procurement, the opportunity is evidence of a university requirement for continuing access to named APA academic content through an institutional data-fee arrangement. A credible competitor for a comparable requirement would need rights or an authorised route to supply PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS and PsycINFO, together with the ability to support university-level access and account administration. Experience serving higher-education libraries, research teams or academic users would help demonstrate fit with this buyer’s operating environment. The purchase also indicates that the requirement can be handled as a focused, single-lot arrangement below the applicable threshold, making supplier knowledge of direct-award purchasing and clear pricing for academic content commercially relevant when this buyer next reviews the same need.

## Notice

Deal until 31/07/2027 - APA Data Fee for PsycARTICLES/PsycBOOKS/PsycINFO

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089504-2026 |
| 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 | 22 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| 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 | £56,399 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | University Of The West Of England |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Postcode area | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS16 1QY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Electoral ward | Stoke Park & Cheswick |
| Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | JISC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 22 - Printed matter and related products

### Codes

- 22212000 - Periodicals

## Release History

- 22 Sep 2026 at 11:08 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089504-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089504-2026
  22nd September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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