ProQuest Central Database · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Cardiff Metropolitan University (Education)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Wales (UKL)

Awarded value£25,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Aug 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Proquest LLC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of ProQuest Central Database subscription. This is a one-year agreement for 2025-2026.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Wales

79980000 Subscription 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: 4 Sept 2025, 15:49 BST
Last source update: 4 Sept 2025, 15:49 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-054022
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05945e Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
4 Sept 2025, 15:49 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £25,0001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Aug 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Proquest LLC	£25,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

ProQuest Central Database · Proquest LLC
Signed
1 Aug 2025
Value
£25,000
Period
1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2026
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PPNB-5569-JLHH Llandaff campus, Cardiff, Wales, CF5 2YBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

ProQuest LLCAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PCXC-2226-VJZY 789 E.Eisenhower Parkway , Ann Arbor, US, 48108, USContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender4 Sept 2025, 15:49 BST