Sage Catalyst E-Textbook Subscription

Authority: University of Strathclyde (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Printed matter and related products (22)Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Scotland (UKM82)

Awarded value£91,800published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 9 Oct 2025no call for competition

Awarded to SAGE Publications Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University has awarded a contract for the Provision of Sage Catalyst E-Textbook Subscription Services (UOS-39752-S-2025).

CPV: E-learning services · Subscription services · Textbooks

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Scotland · University of Strathclyde

22112000 Textbooks 79980000 Subscription services 80420000 E-learning services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
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: 10 Oct 2025, 08:34 BST
Last source update: 19 Dec 2025, 09:25 GMT
Authority reference: UOS-38719-S-2025
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-084698
Classification (CPV): E-learning servicesSubscription servicesTextbooks
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05ac43 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Published justification: A Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) was dispatched via Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) on 10/10/2025 which provided third parties with the opportunity to raise their objection to the contract being awarded without competition. No objection was received. Therefore it has been determined that the appropriate route to market for this requirement is an award without competition in accordance with The Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016, Regulation 6 – Circumstances in which a contract can be awarded without competition - (1) A contracting authority may award a public contract without seeking offers in relation to the proposed contract - b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons - (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:818902)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £91,8001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 9 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
SAGE Publications Ltd	£100,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
SAGE Publications Ltd	£91,800 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 063972-2025-UOS-38719-S-2025-1 · SAGE Publications Ltd
Signed
9 Oct 2025
Value
£100,000
Status
active
Contract 084698-2025-UOS-38719-S-2025-1 · SAGE Publications Ltd
Signed
26 Aug 2025
Value
£91,800
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Strathclyde

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Learning & Teaching Building, 49 Richmond Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1XUContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Glasgow Sherif CourtReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

SAGE Publications LtdAwarded supplier 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road, London, UK, EC1Y 1SP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.