In deliveryUnited KingdomGoodsFramework agreement£450,000,000
Books, e-books and associated services
- Published
- Published 7 August 2024
- Deadline
- Closed 21 February 2025
Overview
Framework agreement for the supply of books, e-books and associated resources and services. This tender is split into 9 Lots. Participating consortia cover universities and other Public Sector members including (but not limited to) schools, colleges, Multi-Academy Trusts, government departments and research institutes across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The named consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, Academic Libraries North, NEYAL, MUAL, and WHELF.
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Goods
- Estimated value
- £450,000,000
- Procedure
- Open
- Contract type
- Framework agreement
- Published
- 7 August 2024
- Deadline
- Closed
Printed books, brochures and leafletsPrinted booksSchool booksTextbooksLibrary booksDictionaries, maps, music books and other books
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £450,000,000
- Award date
- 8 July 2025
- Contract period
- — → 22 May 2027
- A T Little & Sons Ltd T/A Browns Books
- Amalivre
- BibliU Ltd
- Cambridge University Press and Assessment
- Casalini Libri SpA
- Digital Content Associates Ltd
- EBSCO International Inc.
- Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel BV
- Happier Every Chapter
- Kortext Ltd
- Macmillan Learning
- Mallory International Limited
- Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd
- Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG
- Perlego Limited
- ProQuest LLC
- VitalSource Technologies LLC
- Waterstones Booksellers Limited
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
6 August 2025
View notice ↗Tender Update
20 June 2025
View notice ↗Contract Notice
6 January 2025
View notice ↗Prior Information Notice
7 August 2024
View notice ↗
Contracting authority
Southern Universities Procurement Consortium (SUPC)
BuyerReading, United Kingdom
Authority website ↗Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)
BuyerReading, United Kingdom
Authority website ↗
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