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# Open Journals Collective

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/open-journals-collective-ocds-h6vhtk-06037d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Jisc Services Limited: "Open Journals Collective". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: 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:** [Jisc Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/jisc-services-limited-GB-PPON-PZZC-9926-PRNM)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/open-journals-collective-ocds-h6vhtk-06037d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06037d`

- **Who May Use the Framework:** The scope of the framework covers purchases by the following:
• Higher Education institutions
• Further Education institutions
• Consortia and any other Organisation or Body whose core purpose is the support or advancement of further or higher education or of research
• Any other education institute
• Multi Academy Trusts and other organisations established and acting on behalf of Colleges
• Specialist Colleges
• Research councils and other such organisations
This framework is open to organisations in England, Wales, Northern Ireland & Scotland
Members of these consortia are eligible to purchase from this framework by virtue of its membership, as will members of any other similar purchasing consortium in higher or further education that might be formed during the lifetime of the framework
• www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list
• www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members
• www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members
• www.neupc.ac.uk/members
• www.hepcw.ac.uk/members
• www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members

## 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/open-journals-collective-ocds-h6vhtk-06037d#tl-md)

## Description
The Open Journals Collective (OJC) is a new initiative co-designed by libraries, scholars, and nonprofit publishers. It establishes the necessary collaborative infrastructure and governance to support diamond open access journals. Building on more than a decade of experience in nonprofit digital journals publishing, the members of the OJC collectively publish c. 300 diamond open access journals published across AHSS and STEM subjects.
Launching in January 2026, the OJC Collections bring together existing journals published by OJC members, including the Open Library of Humanities, UCL Press, LSE Press, Edinburgh Diamond at the University of Edinburgh, Aberdeen University Press, University of Westminster Press, MPub at the University of Michigan Press, eScholarship at the University of California, Stockholm University Press, and others.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **OPEN JOURNALS COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:16431892`
  - Value: £416,667 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 12/01/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £416,667
  - Signed Date: 23/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007689-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-28T15:24:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T07:06:28.060Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06037d