Awarded contract

Portico eBooks and eJournals 2026-2029

Details

Buyer: Jisc
Supplier(s): Ithaka Harbors Inc. d/b/a "JSTOR"; "Portico"
Value: $780,000
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Periodicals
Published: 3 June 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Jisc Services Limited has entered into a contract with Portico, a part of ITHAKA, to give Jisc member institutions the opportunity to subscribe to Portico eBooks and eJournals at preferential rates. Portico provides a permanent archive that makes content accessible to participating libraries if it becomes unavailable from the publisher or other sources. This contract is for use by Jisc Members only and not for Jisc's own use. ## Contract award Title: Portico eBooks and eJournals 2026-2029

Timeline

Completed: Award published3 June 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date3 June 2026
Next: Contract expiry date30 June 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

Jisc provides digital, data and network services to UK higher and further education, and buys as a central body with its own commercial team. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems cover network equipment, cloud services and research systems. Member universities and colleges call off these agreements directly, without running their own tender. Regional partners including SUPC, APUC and HEPCW extend this buying power across the sector.

A procurement pipeline lists larger contracts expected over the next five years.

Over the past 5 years, most of Jisc's contract awards have been in education and training, IT services and software and information systems.

Decision makers

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