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Published 23 Mar 2026, 15:48 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

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Official notice

Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£65,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 23 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to EBSCO2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

EBSCO is an online research database that provides access to academic literature and journals whilst supporting literature searching and review. EBSCO is available as an enterprise model meaning everyone across the department can access it. It is used to run literature reviews, fill evidence gaps, and keep up to date with the latest academic research. It supports quality assurance (e.g., sense-checking external literature reviews), collating evidence for option assessments, and methodological work such as econometrics research (literature review, model verification, and comparison with academic findings).

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
72319000 Data supply services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 Mar 2026, 15:48 GMT
Last source update
16 Apr 2026, 09:49 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-034502
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0671b7 Find a Tender

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Mar 2026
  1. Contract award notice published
    23 Mar 2026, 15:48 GMT
    UK6
  2. Contract signature expected
    2 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  3. Contract details notice published
    16 Apr 2026, 09:49 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £65,0001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Apr 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
EBSCO2 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027£65,00023 Mar 2026Awarded
EBSCO£65,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 2 · EBSCO

    Signed
    2 Apr 2026
    Value
    £65,000
    Period
    2 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVWZ-3216-PVQL 22 Whitehall, London, London, SW1A 2EGContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • EBSCOAwarded supplier Sixth Floor, Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, London, EN1 3XAContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender