Awarded contract

APA PsycArticles & PsycInfo renewal

Details

Value
$221,291
Topic
Subscription services
Published
10 August 2026

Tender description

This resource offers a unique focus on psychological and behavioural research, providing access to over 2,500 journal titles. This depth and specialisation cannot be fully replicated by other resources within our current portfolio. It is essential for all psychology courses and research activity. It is also heavily used across a range of disciplines, including social work, public health, criminology, occupational therapy, mental health nursing, and paramedic practice. Lot 1: This resource offers a unique focus on psychological and behavioural research, providing access to over 2,500 journal titles. This depth and specialisation cannot be fully replicated by other resources within our current portfolio. It is essential for all psychology courses and research activity. It is also heavily used across a range of disciplines, including social work, public health, criminology, occupational therapy, mental health nursing, and paramedic practice. The cost and time of change would outweigh any savings from a procurement exercise. The value has already been established through the use of the JISC Framework. The value is below the threshold of £207,720,00 including VAT required for tendering under the PA2023 and PCR2015 procurement regulations.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date31 July 2026
  2. Completed: Award published10 August 2026
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About the buyer

Coventry University buys as a higher education institution, with a centralised procurement team based in its Finance Department at the Armstrong Siddeley Building. Suppliers must complete a competitive tender process before they gain approved status. Tenders run by the University are advertised on the Delta e-tendering platform. Larger contracts are also published as a contract notice on Find a Tender. Coventry University belongs to the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium, a collaborative buying group for more than one hundred higher and further education institutions. Further competitions run on the framework agreements the consortium negotiates across most commodity areas.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of Coventry University's contract awards have been in software and information systems, business services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 79980000 · Subscription services

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