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UKRI-5589 NAC Countrywide CSD licence for Physical Sciences Database Service

BuyerUK Research and Innovation

StatusAwarded

DeadlineNot published

ValueValue not published

Published10 Feb 2026

What is being bought

This procurement relates to the provision of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) Consortium Licence, granting authorised access to the CSD for participating academic institutions across the United Kingdom.

Lot details

Lot 1

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Statuscomplete

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BudgetNot published

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Planning documents0

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Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

1

Statusactive

SupplierCambridge Crystallographic Data Centre

Contracts

UKRI-5589 NAC Countrywide CSD licence for Physical Sciences Database Service

Statusactive

Value£98,438

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Latest release ID	011629-2026
Latest release timestamp	Tue Feb 10 2026 09:05:32 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	complete
Procurement method	direct
Procurement method details	Below threshold - without competition
Main procurement category	Not published
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	0
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	1
Contracts in latest release	1
Parties in latest release	2

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
10 Feb 2026	awardUpdate, contractUpdate	011629-2026
10 Feb 2026	awardUpdate, contractUpdate	011624-2026
10 Feb 2026	award, contract	011621-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (3 releases)

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