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Complete Goods
Books and E Books
Published 24 Jun 2026
24 Jun 2026
- Primary CPV
-
22113000 *
Library books
- Location
- 🇬🇧 West Midlands
- Value
- £1,848,666
- Contract
- Not specified
- Contract Types
-
22 *Printed matter & related productsFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B47ET, United Kingdom · UKG
Contact
Award Criteria
- Value for Money
- Customer Service Support
- Innovation and Technical Merit
- Responsible Procurement
- Price
Related tenders
ASTON UNIVERSITY
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
22113000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: 1183
Aston University has awarded contracts for the provision of books, e-books and e-textbooks through the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortia (SUPC) Books, e-books and associated services framework - LIB4061 SU.
The awarded provision covers print publications, title-by-title perpetual access e-books, subscription e-book packages and e-textbook access via aggregator platforms.
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 22113000 — Library books (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Other public body · Education
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Goods
- Bids received
- 16
- Winning supplier
- SME
- Lots
- 4
- Procurement method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Main category
- Goods
- Legal basis
- CELEX 32014L0024
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Covered by GPA
- Yes
- Number of lots
- 4
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 24 Jun 2026 11:04
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06bbe4
- Notice ID
- 1183
Competition
16
Bids received
Organisations on this notice
Ebsco International Inc
Supplier Large
Alabama, United Kingdom
GB-COH 916792
Supplier Large
Cambridge, United Kingdom
GB-COH 01094204
A T Little & Sons Ltd (t/a Browns Books)
Supplier SME
Melton, United Kingdom
GB-COH 01607961
Supplier SME
Christchurch, United Kingdom
GB-COH 08617088
The High Court of England and Wales
Review Body
London, United Kingdom
Lots (4)
Lot 1: Print publications: standard suppliers for library stock
Large-scale and library-focused suppliers of printed publications and other hard copy materials
· Cancelled
Lot 4: E-book aggregator: title-by-title perpetual access purchase
Title-by-title purchasing of e-books via an aggregator platform for delivery through the aggregator's own platform.
· Cancelled
Lot 6: E-book Aggregator: Subscription Packages
Subscription e-book packages via aggregator platform
· Cancelled
Lot 7: E-book aggregator: e-textbooks
E-textbook access via an aggregator e-textbook platform
· Cancelled
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Tender
| Title | Books and E Books |
| Status | complete |
| CPV › Description | Library books |
| Category | goods |
| Description | Aston University has awarded contracts for the provision of books, e-books and e-textbooks through the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortia (SUPC) Books, e-books and associated services framework - LIB4061 SU. The awarded provision covers print publications, title-by-title perpetual access e-books, subscription e-book packages and e-textbook access via aggregator platforms. |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Title | Print publications: standard suppliers for library stock |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Description | Large-scale and library-focused suppliers of printed publications and other hard copy materials |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Value for Money |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | 10 |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Customer Service Support |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | 30 |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | Innovation and Technical Merit |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Description | 20 |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Name | Responsible Procurement |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Description | 10 |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Type | price |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Description | 30 |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Has options | No |
| Lot › Lot 1 › Status | cancelled |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Title | E-book aggregator: title-by-title perpetual access purchase |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Description | Title-by-title purchasing of e-books via an aggregator platform for delivery through the aggregator's own platform. |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Value for Money |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | 10 |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Customer Service Support |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | 30 |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | Innovation and Technical Merit |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Description | 20 |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Name | Responsible Procurement |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Description | 10 |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Type | price |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Description | 30 |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Has options | No |
| Lot › Lot 2 › Status | cancelled |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Title | E-book Aggregator: Subscription Packages |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Description | Subscription e-book packages via aggregator platform |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Value for Money |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | 10 |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Customer Service Support |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | 30 |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | Innovation and Technical Merit |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Description | 20 |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Name | Responsible Procurement |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Description | 10 |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Type | price |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Description | 30 |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Has options | No |
| Lot › Lot 3 › Status | cancelled |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Title | E-book aggregator: e-textbooks |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Description | E-textbook access via an aggregator e-textbook platform |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Value for Money |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | 10 |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Customer Service Support |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | 30 |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | Innovation and Technical Merit |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Description | 20 |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Name | Responsible Procurement |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Description | 10 |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Type | price |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Description | 30 |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Has options | No |
| Lot › Lot 4 › Status | cancelled |
| Item › Item 1 › CPV › Description | Printed books |
| Item › Item 1 › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Item › Item 2 › CPV › Description | Library books |
| Item › Item 2 › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Item › Item 3 › CPV › Description | Library books |
| Item › Item 3 › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Item › Item 4 › CPV › Description | Library books |
| Item › Item 4 › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Procedure type | limited |
| Procedure | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Covered by | GPA |
| Procurement Method Rationale Classifications › Description | The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive |
| Reason for this procedure | The contracts were awarded following a desktop exercise under the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortia (SUPC) Books, e-books and associated services framework (LIB4061 SU). The framework permits award following evaluation of framework suppliers. No standalone competition was undertaken. |
Awards
| Award 1 › Status | active |
| Award 1 › Supplier › Name | Ebsco International Inc |
| Award 2 › Status | active |
| Award 2 › Supplier › Name | ProQuest LLC / Clarivate |
| Award 3 › Status | active |
| Award 3 › Supplier › Name | A T Little & Sons Ltd (t/a Browns Books) |
| Award 4 › Status | active |
| Award 4 › Supplier › Name | Kortext Ltd |
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | ASTON UNIVERSITY |
| Party 1 › Identifier › Legal Name | ASTON UNIVERSITY |
| Party 1 › Identifier › No Identifier Rationale | Not on any register |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Aston Triangle |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Birmingham |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKG31 |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | B47ET |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Link | http://www.aston.ac.uk |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 1 › Description | Body governed by public law |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 2 › Description | Education |
| Party 2 › Name | Ebsco International Inc |
| Party 2 › Identifier › Legal Name | Ebsco International Inc |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Alabama |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | large |
| Party 3 › Name | ProQuest LLC / Clarivate |
| Party 3 › Identifier › Legal Name | ProQuest LLC / Clarivate |
| Party 3 › Address › Town / city | Cambridge |
| Party 3 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 3 › Role | supplier |
| Party 3 › Business size | large |
| Party 4 › Name | A T Little & Sons Ltd (t/a Browns Books) |
| Party 4 › Identifier › Legal Name | A T Little & Sons Ltd (t/a Browns Books) |
| Party 4 › Address › Town / city | Melton |
| Party 4 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Party 4 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 4 › Role | supplier |
| Party 4 › Business size | sme |
| Party 5 › Name | Kortext Ltd |
| Party 5 › Identifier › Legal Name | Kortext Ltd |
| Party 5 › Address › Town / city | Christchurch |
| Party 5 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Party 5 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 5 › Role | supplier |
| Party 5 › Business size | sme |
| Party 6 › Name | The High Court of England and Wales |
| Party 6 › Identifier › Legal Name | The High Court of England and Wales |
| Party 6 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 6 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 6 › Role | Review body |
Buyer
| Name | ASTON UNIVERSITY |
Contracts
| Contract 1 › Status | active |
| Contract 1 › Value › Value | £246,667 |
| Contract 1 › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Contract 1 › Signed | 10 Mar 2026 |
| Contract 2 › Status | active |
| Contract 2 › Value › Value | £40,000 |
| Contract 2 › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Contract 2 › Signed | 10 Mar 2026 |
| Contract 3 › Status | active |
| Contract 3 › Value › Value | £206,667 |
| Contract 3 › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Contract 3 › Signed | 10 Mar 2026 |
| Contract 4 › Status | active |
| Contract 4 › Value › Value | £1,848,666 |
| Contract 4 › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Contract 4 › Signed | 10 Mar 2026 |