Award of Provision of Library Periodicals and Associated Services
Details
- Supplier(s)
- EBSCO International Inc UK
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Topic
- Library services
- Published
- 2 September 2025
Tender description
The University of Aberdeen Library supports teaching and research by providing staff and students with access to approximately 67,000 periodical titles from a wide range of UK and international publishers via subscription. The requirement is for a Contractor to supply and deliver library periodicals material through subscriptions and to provide associated services. Lot 1: The University of Aberdeen Library supports teaching and research by providing staff and students with access to approximately 67,000 periodical titles from a wide range of UK and international publishers via subscription. The requirement is for a Contractor to supply and deliver library periodicals material through subscriptions and to provide associated services.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date28 August 2025
- Completed: Award published2 September 2025Current notice
About the buyer
University of Aberdeen is a Scottish higher education institution that buys through its own Procurement Office. Tenders are advertised through Public Contracts Scotland, with invitation-to-tender exercises run on the PCS-Tender platform. Larger contracts are also published on the UK-wide Find a Tender service. Much of its purchasing also runs through Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC), the framework body for the Scottish higher education sector. Procurement decisions follow the Scottish Government's Procurement Journey guidance. A dedicated Supplier Coordinator also manages supplier registration and credit checks on the university's own Finance and Procurement system.
Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.
Over the past 5 years, most of University of Aberdeen's contract awards have been in software and information systems, repair and maintenance and business services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 92511000 · Library services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-aberdeen.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-aberdeen.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-aberdeen.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-aberdeen.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-aberdeen.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-aberdeen.gov |
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