Books and E Books
Details
- Buyer
- Aston University
- Supplier(s)
4 suppliers
- A.T.Little and Sons Ltd T/A Browns Books
- EBSCO International Inc UK
- Kortext
- ProQuest LLC / Clarivate
- Value
- £2,342,000
- Topic
- Printed books
- Published
- 24 June 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender 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 1: Print publications: standard suppliers for library stock Large-scale and library-focused suppliers of printed publications and other hard copy materials 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. Lot 6: E-book Aggregator: Subscription Packages Subscription e-book packages via aggregator platform Lot 7: E-book aggregator: e-textbooks E-textbook access via an aggregator e-textbook platform
Timeline
- Completed: Award date10 March 2026
- Completed: Award published24 June 2026Current notice
About the buyer
Aston University is a higher education provider in Birmingham, and buys through a dedicated Procurement Team. Much of this procurement flows through frameworks including SUPC, TUCO, ESPO and the Crown Commercial Service. All procurement follows financial regulations and University policy.
Low-value construction work can be sourced through Constructionline.
Over the past 5 years, most of Aston University's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, construction work and software and information systems.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@aston-university.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@aston-university.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@aston-university.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@aston-university.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@aston-university.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@aston-university.gov |
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