EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

Large organisationCompanies House: Other company typeEnfield, LondonNationwide (UK)Main market: Subscription services

Companies HouseFC016134 ↗ · Active

Procedures with an award92125 award records

Public authorities48named on published awards

Attributable award value£6.8mnet · on 23 of 76 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings

Last 12 months17awards · 28 in the prior 24 months · last 30 Sept 2026

Contracts ending ≤18 months23end date on 112 of 125 awards · 15 estimated

Buyer regions11most often South East England

Where they win
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76 awards (75 for a named lot, 99%, 1 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 76 awards. An award may cover more than one class.

2211 Printed books34 awards · 45% · 33 awards naming a lot + 1 whole-procedure awards

7998 Subscription services10 awards · 13% · awards naming a lot

9251 Library and archive services7 awards · 9% · awards naming a lot

4816 Library software package5 awards · 7% · awards naming a lot

2220 Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines3 awards · 4% · awards naming a lot

2221 Newspapers3 awards · 4% · awards naming a lot

7232 Database services3 awards · 4% · awards naming a lot

2212 Publications2 awards · 3% · awards naming a lot

Attributable award value

£6.8mOn 23 of 76 award records; the five largest make 66%; a further 9 published a VAT-inclusive amount only (£1.1m inc. VAT, kept apart). Largest rows below.

Typical attributable award

£132k middle valuerobust · n=23

Award vs estimate

Based on 1 wins in its industry (CPV division 79). Small sample.

20.9% above estimateindicative · n=1compared within CPV division 79

Largest published awards i	Authority	Awarded	Term	Published value
Books and eBooks	University of Sussex	—	4 yrs	£1,800,000 † ≈ £450k/yr
SERIALS SUBSCRIPTION AGENT	Corporate Officer of the House of Commons	—	—	£1,210,000 †
Contract for the Purchase print books and individually purchased eBooks	Arts University Bournemouth	—	—	£502,186 †
Serials, Periodicals, and Associated Services (Print and Digital)	Aston University	—	—	£500,000 †
Legal Publications Print & eBook 25-26 Call Offs	Ministry of Justice	—	—	£482,065 †

Where their buyers are
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ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 92 of 92 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once

South East England23 procedures · 25%

South West England16 procedures · 17%

Greater London14 procedures · 15%

West Midlands10 procedures · 11%

Yorkshire and the Humber6 procedures · 7%

East of England6 procedures · 7%

North West England5 procedures · 5%

Scotland5 procedures · 5%

Who they sell to
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Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)

Type not classified58%(44 awards)
44 of 76 awards are Type not classified (58%).
Education29%(22 awards)
22 of 76 awards are Education (29%).
Central government9%(7 awards)
7 of 76 awards are Central government (9%).
Local authority1%(1 award)
1 of 76 awards is Local authority (1%).
NHS & health1%(1 award)
1 of 76 awards is NHS & health (1%).
Other public body1%(1 award)
1 of 76 awards is Other public body (1%).

Authority	Procedures	Share	Award records	Last activity
University of Southampton	6	6.5%	6	22 Jul 2024
UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON ENTERPRISE LIMITED	6	6.5%	6	12 Aug 2026
University of East Anglia	6	6.5%	6	12 Mar 2025
University of Readingframework/DPS on 4	5	5.4%	15	9 Jul 2025
Bath Spa University	4	4.3%	4	2 Jun 2026
LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITYframework/DPS on 4	4	4.3%	4	16 Jul 2026
University of Brighton	4	4.3%	4	31 Oct 2025
Ministry of Justice	3	3.3%	4	18 Mar 2025

Share = of the 92 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Contracts ending
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112 of 125 awards carry an end date, 44 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Ends	Published value
Library Service Subscriptions for the provision of Medical Databases	31 Dec 2026	£10,319
Library Services Platform(s)	15 Feb 2027 estimated	£21,000,000 ceiling
Joint-Consortia Framework Agreement for Serials, Periodicals and Associated Services	26 Mar 2027 estimated	£320,000,000
Ebsco International Inc	30 Apr 2027	£32,146
CSP26554 - ILP & ELP Licenses	30 Apr 2027	£11,086
Print publications: supply to schools, Multi-Academy Trusts, academic departments (generally non-library)	23 May 2027 estimated	£40,000,000 ceiling
E-book aggregator: title-by-title perpetual access purchase	23 May 2027 estimated	£120,000,000 ceiling
E-book aggregator: title-by-title perpetual access purchase for third-party platform	23 May 2027 estimated	£40,000,000 ceiling
E-book aggregator: subscription packages	23 May 2027 estimated	£20,000,000 ceiling
Print publications: standard suppliers for library stock	29 Jun 2027 estimated	£70,000,000 ceiling

Soonest 10 of 23.

Recent awards

Latest 30 of 76 award records naming this supplier

Contracts Finder adds 49 more procedures won by this supplier, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list.

Award / procedure	Authority	Awarded	Published value
EBSCO Database Subscriptions (2026-2029)	Oxford Brookes University	6 Aug 2026	£242,128
EBSCO Educational Databases 2026-2029	Jisc	9 Jun 2026	£480,000 framework ceiling · not attributable revenue
EBSCO Database Subscription (2026-2029)	University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation	26 May 2026	£252,002
ID 5943773 DoF Procurement of monographs for NICS Libraries	Department of Finance	31 Jul 2025	£350,000 joint award · 2 suppliers
ID 5943773 DoF Procurement of monographs for NICS Libraries	Department of Finance	30 Jul 2025	£350,000 joint award · 3 suppliers
EBSCO Academic Search Ultimate	University of Worcester	Not published	Not published
RHUL-27045 2026-2029 CHEST Agreement for American Psychological Association (APA) online resources (Library Subscription)	Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	Not published	£147,674 † from the contract notice
EBSCO: Business Source Ultimate	University of Worcester	Not published	£96,007 † from the contract notice
EBSCO database for libraries	UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE	Not published	£63,019 † from the contract notice
Books and E Books	Aston University	Not published	£246,667 † from the contract notice

About this data

One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
Regions in the buyer chart describe the buyer office, not where the work is delivered or the supplier’s registered address.
Contract end dates. Published on 68 of 125 awards, estimated from the published duration on 44 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.