Official UK procurement notice
Sage journal subscription · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Coventry University (Education)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£250,133published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Dec 2025
Awarded to SAGE Publications Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRead access to a collection of over 1000 hybrid journals, Open Access publishing rights in hybrid journals.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Feb 2026, 16:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2026, 08:39 BST
- Authority reference
PA-FRAM-1843-26-TH- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029387- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06567fFind a Tender
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework Sage Journals Read and Publish 2026-2028
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Feb 2026- Contract award notice published17 Feb 2026, 16:46 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published31 Mar 2026, 08:39 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £250,1331 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE Publications Ltd28 Feb 2026 – 31 Dec 2028 | £250,133 | 22 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SAGE Publications Ltd
- Signed
- 27 Feb 2026
- Value
- £250,133
- Period
- 28 Feb 2026 – 31 Dec 2028
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Value below threshold of £5,000,000.00. JISC Read and Publish Framework already contains KPIs, which will be monitored against under this contract.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SAGE PUBLICATIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender