Electronic Journal Subscription - AWARD

Contract summary

Industry

• Journals - 22211000

• Official journals - 22211100

Location of contract

TS104RF

Value of contract

£0 to £58,320

Procurement reference

IT-540-192-3717 - AWARD

Published date

4 February 2026

Closing date

19 October 2025

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

21 October 2025

Contract end date

20 October 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

CPI require a subscription to get access to the Science Direct Government Edition Journals and Backfiles.
CPI require access to the Government Edition from Elsevier, which provides access to 2,200+ journals on ScienceDirect.
The government edition journals provide access to all publications from 1995 and onwards.
CPI also require access to the government edition journals backfiles, which provides access to the same titles but for the content published pre 1995 going back to first available publication.
Science Direct publish in areas that are critically relevant to CPI's work: the Physical Sciences and Engineering; Life Sciences; Health Sciences; Social Sciences and Humanities.
Subscription will be for 12 months and be available to all CPI sites.
The access method must limit access to user with the e-mail domain @uk-cpi.com, meaning no anonymous usage is possible.
Usage reports will be obtainable to show the number of downloads performed by each individual user per month.

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Award information

Awarded date

20 January 2026

Contract start date

21 October 2025

Contract end date

20 October 2026

Total value of contract

£58,320

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Elsevier BV

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About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Department

Address

Wilton Centre
Wilton
REDCAR
TS104RF
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 01740625716

Email

e-tendering@uk-cpi.com