Estimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
Not specified
Published
30 October 2026
Type
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At a glance
- Buyer
- JISC
- Estimated value
- Not stated in the notice
- Published
- 30 October 2026
- Location
- South West
- Type
- direct procedure
- Contract ends
- 31 December 2030 (expect a re-tender before then)
- Likely incumbent
- BMJ Publishing Group Limited, current contract ends December 2027
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Overview
Jisc Services Limited is entering into a contract with IWA Publishing Ltd (IWAP) to give Jisc member institutions the right to subscribe to IWAP online journals at preferential rates and publish open access articles in said journals. This contract will be with Jisc Services Limited as a subsidiary of Jisc. This contract is for use by Jisc Members only and not for Jisc's own use.
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Award Details
IWA PUBLISHING LIMITED
Recent awards by JISC
- American Mathematical Society (AMS) MathSciNet, Journals and eBooks
Awarded to American Mathematical Society · September 2026
- Portwall Lane Cleaning Services 2026
Awarded to Skweeky Kleen South West Ltd, £276,000 · September 2026
- The Company of Biologists Read and Publish 2027-2028
Awarded to The Company of Biologists · September 2026
- BMJ Read and Publish 2027
Awarded to BMJ Publishing Group Limited · September 2026
- Bristol University Press Journals Collection Read and Publish 2027-2029
Awarded to University of Bristol · August 2026
Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED
- 2
Oxford University Press
3 contracts wonlatest 14 Jul 2026ends 31 Aug 2030 - 3
CLARIVATE ANALYTICS (UK) LIMITED
- 4
ProQuest LLC
2 contracts wonlatest 8 Oct 2026ends 31 Oct 2029 - 5
PORTLAND PRESS LIMITED
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Published
30 October 2026
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