Books, e-books and associated services

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

046368-2025

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 22100000, 22110000, 22111000, 22112000, 22113000, 22114000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

Framework agreement for the supply of books, e-books and associated resources and services. This tender is split into 9 Lots. Participating consortia cover universities and other Public Sector members including (but not limited to) schools, colleges, Multi-Academy Trusts, government departments and research institutes across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The named consortia are SUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, LUPC, HEPCW, Academic Libraries North, NEYAL, MUAL, and WHELF.

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Observed notice trail

How the published record developed

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1. Tender record updated

   20 Jun 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   034099-2025

   Published tags

   tenderUpdate

2. Award notice observed

   6 Aug 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   046368-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Print publications: standard suppliers for library stock

  Buyer: Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)Supplier: A.T.Little & Sons Ltd T/A Browns Books

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  £70,000,000Value from the linked contract

  Official source

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  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.
  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  046368-2025-1

• Print publications: standard suppliers for library stock

  Buyer: Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)Supplier:

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Source states no optionsLot 1Published 6 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 046368-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 2Published 6 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 046368-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 3Published 6 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 046368-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 4Published 6 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 046368-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 5Published 6 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 046368-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 6Published 6 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 046368-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 7Published 6 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 046368-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 8Published 6 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 046368-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 9Published 6 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 046368-2025

No exact source-published process relationship was found.