Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bdf-eddb-722c-8298-aff53a65fe5d/library-subscription-services [Skip to main content](#main-content) pendingGBopen procedureSuitable for SMEs # Library Subscription Services [Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS)](https://tendernation.io/buyers/southern-universities-management-services-sums) Estimated value £350,000,000 Published 27 Jul 2026 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](/opportunities/for-small-businesses)## About this tender The scope of this procurement includes the retendering of the existing framework agreement (Serials, periodicals and associated services, LIB4054 SU) with the addition of a second Lot for single source subscription e-resources. It will be possible for suppliers to bid for both Lots if they wish: Lot 1: Subscriptions Agents - Subscriptions Agents enabling supply of serials, journals and other subscriptions products via a comprehensive online subscriptions management platform. Lot 2: Lot 2: Single Source Subscription E-Resources - Subscribed information e-resources that may form part of a library collection or similar service. Resources must be those where only one supplier exists, and they must be unavailable via a subscriptions agent or via a Procurement Act compliant Jisc deal. ## CPV classification Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazinesNewspapersJournalsOfficial journalsPeriodicalsSerialsMagazines Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-06a823-2026-07-27T14:48:07+01:00 [View official notice ](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-06a823-2026-07-27T14:48:07+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free ](/register) [Buyer profileSouthern Universities Management Services (SUMS): past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/southern-universities-management-services-sums)[SectorMore Printed matter & publishing tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/printed-matter-publishing) ## More tenders like this [Heaton Reception Road Enhancement Northern Trains Limited 34 days left 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a145df-117d-72ed-82eb-fa982f8ae9fe/heaton-reception-road-enhancement)[Library books – Fourniture de livres, de périodiques, d'ouvrages techniques, de documents audiovisuels et divers pour les services communaux. Mairie de Nogent-sur-Marne 31 days left 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-9055-73d6-b01b-52aab0c3ccc7/france-library-books-fourniture-de-livres-de-periodiques-douvrages-techni)[Library books – Rahmenvertrag über die Medienversorgung der Bibliotheken der Goethe-Institute im Ausland Goethe-Institut e.V. - Zentrale 32 days left 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1420f-fe73-7012-aa8f-63d61f0b20e1/germany-library-books-rahmenvertrag-uber-die-medienversorgung-der-bibliothek)[Paper or paperboard registers, account books, binders, forms and other articles of printed stationery – Dostawa artykułów biurowych na rzecz Urzędu Miasta Łodzi oraz miejskich jednostek organizacyjnych w 2027 r. Miasto Łódź - Urząd Miasta Łodzi 31 days left 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-51ba-72d2-a0d2-12d5948b19b9/poland-paper-or-paperboard-registers-account-books-binders-forms-and-other)[Forms – RV über die Lieferung von Formblättern und Formularsätzen für die Bayer. Polizei Freistaat Bayern, vertreten durch das Logistikzentrum der Bayerischen Polizei (LZBP) 30 days left 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-11de-7375-b728-90cbd8516ef1/germany-forms-rv-uber-die-lieferung-von-formblattern-und-formularsatzen-fur)[Forms – Nabava obrazaca za potrebe obračuna i naplate vodnih naknada, uključivo ispis i kuvertiranje Hrvatske vode, pravna osoba za upravljanje vodama 9 days left 26 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-84b3-7383-b360-8d0256797642/croatia-forms-nabava-obrazaca-za-potrebe-obracuna-i-naplate-vodnih-naknada)