Contract

E-Books Collection Licence

  • Bournemouth University

UK7: Contract details notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-080828

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f13f

Published 8 December 2025, 6:11pm



Scope

Reference

PS/ML/471

Description

E-book aggregator: third-party platform purchase


Contract 1. E-Books Collection Licence

Supplier

Contract value

  • £100,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

30 September 2025

Contract dates

  • 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 48160000 - Library software package
  • 79995000 - Library management services
  • 92511000 - Library services

Contract locations

  • UKK24 - Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition


Supplier

EBSCO International Inc.

  • Companies House: FC016134

6th Floor, Civic Centre, Silver Street

Enfield, London

EN1 3XA

United Kingdom

Telephone: 02084474200

Email: cnilsson@ebsco.com

Region: UKI54 - Enfield

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. E-Books Collection Licence


Contracting authority

Bournemouth University

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVRY-5141-LLTP

Poole House, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow

Poole

BH12 5BB

United Kingdom

Contact name: Olly Sanders

Telephone: 01202962054

Email: procurement@bournemouth.ac.uk

Website: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk

Region: UKK24 - Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government