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title: "Provision of EBSCO Discovery Service Package"
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# Provision of EBSCO Discovery Service Package

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-ebsco-discovery-service-package-ocds-h6vhtk-0568ba). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Bedfordshire: "Provision of EBSCO Discovery Service Package". 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:** [University of Bedfordshire](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-bedfordshire-urn-133841)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Platform interconnectivity software development services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £83,590 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0568ba`

## 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/provision-of-ebsco-discovery-service-package-ocds-h6vhtk-0568ba#tl-md)

## Description
EBSCO Discovery Service is an all-inclusive search solution that makes in-depth research easy. The platform offers 
sophisticated features that anticipate user intent, helping them get to exactly what they are looking for quickly and 
easily

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Acquisition of this resource will support compliance with OFS B3 conditions, TEF, REF submissions, NSS and PTES 
student satisfaction surveys and University KPI's.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** F101 F Block FF, CST C101 C Block FF, CST G Block FF Refurbishment & C Block GF & FF Strip out (active)
  - Award id: `044141-2025-UoB/C EST - 00000453-1`
  - Supplier(s): **EBSCO Information Services**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:BR011966`
  - Value: £83,590 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** F101 F Block FF, CST C101 C Block FF, CST G Block FF Refurbishment & C Block GF & FF Strip out (active)
  - Signed Value: £83,590
  - Signed Date: 14/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F044141-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-30T09:46:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T02:20:14.795Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0568ba