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# Journal Subscription Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/journal-subscription-services-ocds-h6vhtk-028830). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: "Journal Subscription Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Postal services related to newspapers and periodicals
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £680,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028830`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/journal-subscription-services-ocds-h6vhtk-028830#tl-md)

## Description
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office requires a journals subscription agent to service multiple subscriptions to online and print journals. This is required to replace an existing contract set to expire in November 2020. Journal licenses are required both for corporate access by staff across the whole office department, but also for use by departments, teams or individuals. Access licenses should be primarily online, but using print where appropriate. Billing mechanisms will be both to a central point and also by separate departmental customers where appropriate. The service is expected to deliver efficiencies by dealing with a single point of delivery as opposed to multiple publishers.
FCDO envisages the contract will run for two years, with an option to extend the contract for two further periods of 12 months.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** FCDO requires access to an online platform for subscription account management and management information as an integral part of the service. The Supplier is required to accurately process subscription orders quickly and where necessary in response t...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 000234-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **EBSCO International**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-577`
  - Value: £680,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 000234-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £680,000
  - Signed Date: 30/11/2020

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000234-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-01-06T23:08:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T10:04:27.953Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028830