PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

RHUL-26116 EBSCO Library E-Book Perpetual Access

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College · published 6 Nov 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID619f8fa6-53dd-408d-998a-c88953b6095d-920768
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-8bf4aaf9-5084-439f-947b-ab09b24b4487
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-315100
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£45,000
award field
Tender value
£45,000
tender field
Procurement method
Other -
Category
services
CPV
79980000
Subscription services
Delivery
South East, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Awarded to EBSCO International Inc, for and E-Book Aggregator platform via SUPC Framework- LIB4016 Lot 5: E-Book Aggregator, Title by Title Perpetual Access Purchase for Third-Party Platform

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release6 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published18 Aug 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published17 Aug 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published18 Aug 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Jul 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

EBSCO International Inc.

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 6 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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