Official UK procurement notice
Research Information Repository · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Canterbury Christ Church University (Education)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£186,535published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Sept 2025
Awarded to Elsevier B.V.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Repository is a critical piece of the university's research infrastructure as it provides a record of CCCU's research and is needed to meet the open access requirements of both research funders and the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The repository is key in making CCCU research discoverable by providing a public interface which is syndicated to search engines such as Google.
This project seeks to identify, procure and implement a replacement repository system and to export the data from the current system to the new system
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jun 2026, 11:13 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jun 2026, 11:13 BST
- Authority reference
241209LC- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-051787- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ab3cFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published2 Jun 2026, 11:13 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £186,5351 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Sept 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsevier B.V. | £186,535 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Elsevier B.V.
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2025
- Value
- £186,535
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- A further years extension can be applied at the discretion of the buyer.
3 agreed KPIs: Quality of Communication · Percentage uptime · Issue resolution
- Quality of Communication
- Percentage uptime
- Issue resolution
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Elsevier B.V.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender