Awarded contract

JSTOR Path to Open 2027-2029

Details

Buyer
Jisc
Supplier(s)
Ithaka Harbors Inc. d/b/a
Value
$450,000
Duration
3 years
Topic
Periodicals
Published
20 October 2026

Tender description

Jisc Services Limited is entering into a contract with JSTOR, a part of ITHAKA, to give Jisc member institutions the opportunity to support the JSTOR Path to Open monographs. Path to Open is a sustainable publishing model for supporting frontlist university press monographs. Members that participate will pay an annual fee to access a collection of electronic books that will be made available in an open access model in the January of the calendar year three years after the year of publication on JSTOR. This contract will be with Jisc Services Limited as a subsidiary of Jisc. This contract is for use by Jisc Members only and not for Jisc's own use. ## Contract award Title: JSTOR Path to Open 2027-2029

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published20 October 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date20 October 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 December 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.

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