Find a TenderAwarded without competitionContract award notice
Published 7 Oct 2026, 15:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ProQuest Archives (access fees) 2026-2029

Official notice

Authority: Jisc (Public body)

Framework agreementBelow threshold - without competitionSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 7 Oct 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Proquest LLC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc Services Limited is entering into a contract with ProQuest LLC to give Jisc member institutions the opportunity to access the ProQuest Archives via the publishers' server at preferential rates. The ProQuest Archives consist of 18th, 19th; 20th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, British Periodicals Collections I and II, Periodicals Archive Online: Jisc Collections Selections, Early European Books Parts 1-4, and The Vogue Archive. This contract is for use by Jisc Members only and not for Jisc's own use.

Contracting authorities that may use the framework:

  • Higher Education institutions
  • Further Education institutions
  • Consortiums 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

Procedure type:

Direct award

Direct award justification:

Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive

rights

The supplier is the rightsholder to the IP of the

content and the sole supplier of this unique

resource.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Oct 2026, 15:50 BST
Last source update
8 Oct 2026, 10:27 BST
Authority reference
Proc3461
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095055
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07830f Find a Tender

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    7 Oct 2026, 15:50 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    8 Oct 2026, 10:27 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Proquest LLC1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2029£205,173 inc. VAT7 Oct 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

JISC

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 05747339 · GB-PPON: PGYD-1575-ZHXX 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, South West, BS1 6NBContact email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ProQuest LLCFramework contractorGB-PPON: PCXC-2226-VJZY 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, US, 48106-1346, USContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender