Awarded contract

Complete Freedom Collection

Details

Buyer: Intellectual Property Office
Supplier(s): Elsevier B.V.
Duration: 11 months
Topic: Subscription services
Published: 27 January 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Science Direct - complete freedom collection via EPOQUE Database/full-text journal source for patents prior art searching ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published27 January 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date27 January 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 December 2026in 2 months

About the buyer

Intellectual Property Office operates as an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), procuring as a central government body. Framework agreements, mostly routed through the Government Commercial Agency, are the preferred route to market. Purchases above a set threshold follow framework-specific terms rather than standard terms. The office works with DSIT on shared goods and services and is committed to increasing spend with SMEs.

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

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@intellectual-property-office.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@intellectual-property-office.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@intellectual-property-office.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@intellectual-property-office.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@intellectual-property-office.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@intellectual-property-office.gov