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PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Award for E-textbooks using Lot 7: E-book aggregator: e-textbooks of Framework Agreement: Books, e-books and associated services Agreement Number: LIB4061 SU

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · published 17 Aug 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.

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Contracts Finder release IDc6b51499-8ac9-4578-894f-1c5702e76f2c-910423
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-d615bf12-bc3a-48b9-9372-caccbc9a052d
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/k3Hx4y9N
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
£420,000
award field
Tender value
£420,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
22112000
Textbooks
Delivery
North West, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This Award Notice follows University of Chester's evaluation of the quotations submitted by suppliers for a sample basket of e-textbooks, reflecting the University's current e-textbook requirements. The evaluation was undertaken by the LIS-Libraries team, using the framework Desktop Calculator to assess and compare the quotations received from all suppliers on Lot 7. The University can access this agreement as a member of NWUPC. In line with the guidance provided by SUPC this direct award is made under the framework Terms and Conditions. All values in this award notice are approximate as actual requirements may vary and the contract end date includes the optional extension period.

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 release17 Aug 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published31 Aug 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published28 Jul 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Aug 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Aug 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.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 17 Aug 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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