Kortext Limited: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards
Companies House: Private Limited Company·Bournemouth·Nationwide (UK)·Main market: Printed books
Official UK PPONPTWL-2913-CHPP
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How many tenders this supplier has won.
Tenders with at least one award to it. Award records are shown too, because one framework can carry many call-offs.
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How many different public bodies have awarded to this supplier.
Buyers named on its awards, with duplicate names merged.
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.
Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.
Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.
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Awards to this supplier in the last 12 months.
Award records dated in the last 12 months, against the two years before.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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In which regions this supplier wins work.
The region of each buyer it won from: the buyer’s office, placed by the official ONS postcode lookup. Each procedure counts once.
Where the buyer is based, not necessarily where the work was done; the tender page shows the published place of delivery.
Where they wini
In which categories this supplier wins.
Distinct awards by the main category of the lot, or of the procedure when no lot is named. Repeat publications count once.
An award counts once in each class it covers; classes can overlap.
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In which categories this supplier wins.
Distinct awards by the main category of the lot, or of the procedure when no lot is named. Repeat publications count once.
An award counts once in each class it covers; classes can overlap.
24 awards (23 for a named lot, 96%, 1 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 24 awards. An award may cover more than one class.
2211 Printed books12 awards · 50% · 11 awards naming a lot + 1 whole-procedure awards4816 Library software package3 awards · 13% · awards naming a lot7221 Programming services of packaged software products2 awards · 8% · awards naming a lot9251 Library and archive services2 awards · 8% · awards naming a lot4821 Networking software package1 award · 4% · awards naming a lot7226 Software-related services1 award · 4% · awards naming a lot7998 Subscription services1 award · 4% · awards naming a loti
How much this supplier has won, by published values.
Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.
Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.
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What one of this supplier’s wins is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
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Does this supplier usually win above or below the buyer’s estimate.
Its own wins, estimate against award per lot, in its sector.
Based on 1 wins across all categories. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a margin and not a price to bid.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Authority | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Books and E Books | ASTON UNIVERSITY | — | — | £1,848,666 † |
| eTextbooks | University of Sussex | — | — | £300,000 † |
| Kortext Complete 2024/25 | University of Exeter | — | 5 mo | £129,189 † |
| StREAM Production License | University of the West of England | — | 1 yrs | £108,000 † ≈ £108k/yr |
| StREAM Production License | University of the West of England | — | 1 yrs | £108,000 † ≈ £108k/yr |
Where their buyers arei
In which regions this supplier wins work.
The region of each buyer it won from: the buyer’s office, placed by the official ONS postcode lookup. Each procedure counts once.
Where the buyer is based, not necessarily where the work was done; the tender page shows the published place of delivery.
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In which regions this supplier wins work.
The region of each buyer it won from: the buyer’s office, placed by the official ONS postcode lookup. Each procedure counts once.
Where the buyer is based, not necessarily where the work was done; the tender page shows the published place of delivery.
ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 18 of 18 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once
Bidding recordi
Competitions this supplier is known to have bid in.
Lots on Procurement Act 2023 award notices naming it as a bidder, split into won and lost. The lot is the contest: three lots of a ten-lot notice is three wins and seven losses.
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Competitions this supplier is known to have bid in.
Lots on Procurement Act 2023 award notices naming it as a bidder, split into won and lost. The lot is the contest: three lots of a ten-lot notice is three wins and seven losses.
Procurement Act 2023 award notices name every bidder · 1 notice names this supplier since 20 Oct 2026 · observed bids, not an estimate
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Competitions this supplier is known to have bid in.
Lots on Procurement Act 2023 award notices naming it as a bidder, split into won and lost. The lot is the contest: three lots of a ten-lot notice is three wins and seven losses.
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Frameworks and DPS this supplier got onto.
Lots appointed out of lots applied for. Kept apart from contract wins because almost every compliant bidder gets a place.
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How many public bodies this supplier has bid to.
Buyers on notices that name it as a bidder, win or lose.
| Notice | Authority | Outcome | Bidders | Published |
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| Cloud Backup Services | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | appointed | 4,233 | 20 Oct 2026 |
Bidder names come from Procurement Act 2023 award notices, which list every bidder (from 2025). Older notices name no bidders, so earlier contests do not appear here. Latest ten notices shown.
Who they sell toi
Which public bodies award work to this supplier.
Authorities named on its published awards, ranked by distinct procedures, duplicate names merged.
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Which public bodies award work to this supplier.
Authorities named on its published awards, ranked by distinct procedures, duplicate names merged.
Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier
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What kinds of public bodies award work to this supplier.
Its award records by the authority’s published type, otherwise by its name. One framework can add many records.
Type not classified50%(12 awards)
12 of 24 awards are Type not classified (50%).Education46%(11 awards)
11 of 24 awards are Education (46%).Charity4%(1 award)
1 of 24 awards is Charity (4%).
| Authority | Procedures | Share | Award records | Last activity |
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| University of the West of England | 4 | 22.2% | 4 | 19 Aug 2026 |
| University of Reading | 3 | 16.7% | 9 | 2 Jun 2025 |
| University of Exeter | 2 | 11.1% | 2 | 20 Nov 2025 |
| ASTON UNIVERSITY | 1 | 5.6% | 1 | 10 Mar 2026 |
| University of Sussex | 1 | 5.6% | 1 | 4 Dec 2025 |
| Bournemouth University | 1 | 5.6% | 1 | 1 Oct 2025 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER | 1 | 5.6% | 1 | 25 Jul 2022 |
| APUC Ltd | 1 | 5.6% | 1 | 3 Mar 2026 |
Share = of the 18 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
20 of 24 awards carry an end date, 11 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Ends | Published value |
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| E-book aggregator: title-by-title perpetual access purchase | 23 May 2027 estimated | £120,000,000 |
| E-book aggregator: subscription packages | 23 May 2027 estimated | £20,000,000 |
| E-book aggregator: e-textbooks | 23 May 2027 estimated | £120,000,000 |
| Sales to individual staff/students and bursary provision | 23 May 2027 estimated | £10,000,000 |
| StREAM Production License | 31 May 2027 | £108,000 |
| StREAM Production License | 31 May 2027 | £108,000 |
| Talis Aspire Reading | 31 Jul 2027 | £35,496 |
| Subscription for Talis Aspire Reading List software | 31 Jul 2027 | £35,496 |
| Resource and Reading List Systems | 21 Feb 2028 estimated | £6,000,000 |
Recent awards
Latest 24 of 24 award records naming this supplier
| Award / procedure | Authority | Awarded | Published value |
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| Resource and Reading List Systems | APUC Ltd | Not published | £6,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 4 appointed suppliers |
| eTextbooks | University of Sussex | Not published | £300,000 † from the contract notice |
| E-Books Licence Agreement | Bournemouth University | Not published | £45,000 † from the contract notice |
| E-book aggregator: title-by-title perpetual access purchase | University of Reading | Not published | £120,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 5 appointed suppliers |
| E-book aggregator: subscription packages | University of Reading | Not published | £20,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 5 appointed suppliers |
| E-book aggregator: e-textbooks | University of Reading | Not published | £120,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 5 appointed suppliers |
| Sales to individual staff/students and bursary provision | University of Reading | Not published | £10,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 5 appointed suppliers |
| lot 2: Electronic and Alternative Format Library eBooks | Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited | Not published | £5,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 5 appointed suppliers |
| E-Books/E-Text | THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER | Not published | Not published |
| Sales to individuals – staff and students (print or electronic) | University of Reading | Not published | £4,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 5 appointed suppliers |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
- Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
- Regions on this page are where the work is delivered, not the supplier’s registered address.
- Contract end dates. Published on 9 of 24 awards, estimated from the published duration on 11 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.