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LI3976R MU PQQ for the Provision of Portico, a community supported preservation archive that safeguards access to eJournals for Higher Education Institution libraries

Details

Value
€360,000
Topic
Library software package
Published
23 October 2026
Submission
23 November 2026in 1 month

Tender description

IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) is a nationally funded e-resource licensing Consortium providing access to leading Science Technology and Medicine (STM) and Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) resources on behalf of participating Irish publicly funded higher education institutions (IReL Members). IReL wishes to enter an agreement for a vendor-hosted digital preservation archive that safeguards research libraries’ access to e-journals, e-books, and digital collections.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published23 October 2026
    Current notice
  2. Next: Submission date23 November 2026in 1 month

About the buyer

Education Procurement Service EPS is the sector sourcing hub of the Department of Education and Youth. EPS is a shared service for schools, Education and Training Boards and higher education. Contracts are run as framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems. Most frameworks come with a user guide and summary sheet.

A monthly contract completion database lists one-off requisitions, mini-competitions and drawdowns.

Over the past 5 years, most of Education Procurement Service EPS's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, electrical equipment and lighting and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

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