Official UK procurement notice
Scientific Journal Subscriptions 2025-2026
Authority: UK Hydrographic Office (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£45,0283 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 3 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Elsevier B.V. +2 more3 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAccess to multiple Scientific Journals 2025-2026 for research purposes.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 20 Oct 2025, 13:29 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2025, 13:29 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066712- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cfc1Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published20 Oct 2025, 13:29 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 3
Awarded value £45,0283 contracts exc. VAT
Contracts signed 3latest 3 Oct 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsevier B.V. | £20,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Springer Nature Customer Service Center Gmbh | £20,842 † | — | Awarded |
| John Wiley & Sons LimitedSME | £4,186 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · Springer Nature Customer Service Center Gmbh
- Signed
- 3 Oct 2025
- Value
- £20,842
- Period
- 3 Oct 2025 – 31 Dec 2026
- Status
- active
Contract 3 · John Wiley & Sons LimitedSME
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- £4,186
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Dec 2027
- Status
- active
Contract 1 · Elsevier B.V.
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2025
- Value
- £20,000
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- Elsevier B.VAwarded supplier
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Awarded supplier
- Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbHAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender