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APA PsycArticles & PsycInfo renewal

Buyer: Coventry University →

BuyerCoventry University
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published10 Aug 2026

What is being bought

This resource offers a unique focus on psychological and behavioural research, providing access to over 2,500 journal titles. This depth and specialisation cannot be fully replicated by other resources within our current portfolio. It is essential for all psychology courses and research activity. It is also heavily used across a range of disciplines, including social work, public health, criminology, occupational therapy, mental health nursing, and paramedic practice.

Delivery location

UK

Categories

Subscription services 79980000

Lot details

Lot 1

This resource offers a unique focus on psychological and behavioural research, providing access to over 2,500 journal titles. This depth and specialisation cannot be fully replicated by other resources within our current portfolio. It is essential for all psychology courses and research activity. It is also heavily used across a range of disciplines, including social work, public health, criminology, occupational therapy, mental health nursing, and paramedic practice. The cost and time of change would outweigh any savings from a procurement exercise. The value has already been established through the use of the JISC Framework. The value is below the threshold of £207,720,00 including VAT required for tendering under the PA2023 and PCR2015 procurement regulations.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
price

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Subscription services (79980000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 794,1433 median · 33.6 average (1,097 of 4,143 with a bid count)2.8 average (1,231 of 4,143 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer61 median · 1.7 average (6 of 6 with a bid count)1 average (6 of 6 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UK1,1244 median · 68.8 average (287 of 1,124 with a bid count)4.7 average (341 of 1,124 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleThe cost and time of change would outweigh any savings from a procurement exercise. The value has already been established through the use of the JISC Framework. The value is below the threshold of £207,720,00 including VAT required for tendering under the PA2023 and PCR2015 procurement regulations.
Rationale classificationsThe works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

075897-2026-1

Statusactive
ValueUS$221,291

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e08e
Latest release ID075897-2026
Latest release timestampMon Aug 10 2026 15:29:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Aug 2026award, contract075897-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
10 Aug 2026 · 075897-2026 · award, contract
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