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Access to Online Databases and Publications

Database services
Publications
UK
Published value
£3,500,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: "Access to Online Databases and Publications". Published status: planned. Published value: £3,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£3,500,000
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4.3Bids / Report
12.5% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Adam Smith International LtdTop vendor: 49.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 343 active published awards; 32 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Adam Smith International Ltd1 win£8,669,631
KPMG Advisory Services Limited1 win£4,000,000
AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO SA1 win£1,323,935
JORDAN MODERN OIL & FUEL SERVICES CO. LTD.1 win£1,250,000
DEC Property Management I Pvt Ltd1 win£851,440
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 May 2025, 15:35 BST
Last source update24 May 2025, 15:35 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationDatabase services, Publications
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0525a7
What is being bought
The requirement is for the supply of a broad range of commercially produced online, web-based and other digital and electronic media databases of published information, and associated services, to the Knowledge and Information Services and/or directly to FCDO departments both in the United Kingdom and overseas diplomatic missions. [Online databases and publications currently include but not limited to: Washington Post, NewsBank, Dods, Databeuro, Journal Store (JSTOR), New York Times, Oxford University Press, Wall Street Journal, Press Reader, Factiva, EBSCO Databases (Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Discovery Tool, World Politics Review), and BSI Online. Access to these resources supports staff from across the organisation to deliver informed diplomatic and development outcomes as well as provide global insight and analysis.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £3,500,000
    24 May 2025, 15:35 BST
  2. Status changed to planned
    24 May 2025, 15:35 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    24 May 2025, 15:35 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    24 May 2025, 15:35 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    24 May 2025, 15:35 BST
  2. Procedure published
    24 May 2025, 15:35 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PXRR-8771-PHVX
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  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PXRR-8771-PHVX
    King Charles Street, London, UKI32, SW1A 2AH, GB
    commercial.smi@fcdo.gov.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published