Awarded contract

P21.96 BMJ Read and Publish agreement

Details

Supplier(s)
BMJ
Value
£49,968
Duration
2 years
Topic
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published
11 November 2026

Tender description

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) intends to award a contract directly to BMJ Group for the provision of a Read and Publish Agreement for NHS Wales from 1st January 2027 to 31st December 2028. The agreement enables eligible NHS Wales-affiliated authors to publish open access articles in participating BMJ journals without incurring individual Article Processing Charges (APCs), supported by publication administration and reporting services. The contract is being awarded without competition as BMJ Group is the sole provider of the BMJ Read and Publish Agreement and the associated open access publishing rights and services for BMJ-owned journals. No alternative supplier can provide these services due to BMJ's exclusive publishing rights. ## Contract award Title: BMJ Read and Publish Agreement

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published11 November 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date11 November 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 December 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Digital Health and Care Wales is the national digital body for NHS Wales, and buys as a central healthcare organisation. NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership provides shared procurement services across NHS Wales bodies, this organisation included. Digital and clinical technology systems are commissioned to serve health boards nationally. Framework agreements carry much of this buying.

Over the past 5 years, most of Digital Health and Care Wales's contract awards have been in IT services, software and information systems and construction materials.

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