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Public sector contracts from Jisc

Jisc has published 86 contract awards since 2023.

4 of those were awarded in the last twelve months. Across the whole period it has used 72 different suppliers.

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4
Awards, last 12 months
86
Awards since 2021
72
Distinct suppliers
£810k
Median contract value
27
Expiring in 18 months

Most recent award recorded 11 Sept 2026. Value figures cover the 85 of 86 contracts where a value was published.

Coming up for renewal

27 contracts expiring in the next 18 months

Contract end dates are published in the original award notices. A contract approaching its end date is a re-tender with a date on it, and the point at which a buyer is most open to a conversation.

ContractIncumbentValueExpires
Corporate Travel ServicesClarity Travel Limited£6.0m29 Sept 2026
ICE Publishing Journals SMP 2024-26Emerald Publishing Limited£265k31 Dec 2026
Karger E-Journals Read and Publish 2024-2026S.Karger AG£888k31 Dec 2026
Brill Journals Read and Publish 2025/26KONINKLIJKE BRILL BV£600k31 Dec 2026
American Chemical Society AgreementAmerican Chemical Society£10.6m31 Dec 2026
Cold Spring Harbor Transitional Read and Publish 2025-2026Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press£358k31 Dec 2026
Clarivate EndNote 2024-2026Clarivate Analytics (UK) Limited£2.7m31 Dec 2026
OUP Oxford Academic Law Online ProductsOxford University Press£250k31 Dec 2026
Emerald Read and Publish 2024-2026Emerald Publishing Limited£8.9m31 Dec 2026
Optics Infobase 2025- 2026Optica Publishing Group£1.4m31 Dec 2026
Microbiology Society Journals Publish and ReadMicrobiology Society£500k31 Dec 2026
Bloomsbury Publishing Drama Online - Subscription OptionBLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC£304k28 Feb 2027
Open Library of Humanities Library Partnership 2024-2027Open Library of Humanities Limited£390k30 Apr 2027
McGraw-Hill Access Platforms for Science, Engineering, Medicine & Business 2024 - 2027MCGRAW HILL LLC£848k31 May 2027
Dimensions Subscription 2024-2027Digital Science & Research Solutions Incl£400k30 Jun 2027

Overview

Its most active procurement category is education and training.

Oxford University Press appears most frequently, holding 3 awards.

Published contract values total £328.0m, across the 85 contracts that state one, with a median of £810k. Framework ceilings are counted once rather than once per supplier.

27 contracts held with this organisation are due to expire within the next eighteen months.

Awards per quarter

Q3 247Q4 2418Q1 256Q2 252Q1 261Q3 263

Recent activity

Latest contract awards

ContractSupplierValueAwarded
Portwall Lane Cleaning Services 2026SKWEEKY KLEEN SOUTH WEST LTD£276k11 Sept 2026
Forsta PlusFORSTA WORLDWIDE LTD£541k4 Sept 2026
Chest Adobe ETLA 2026CDW Ltd£25.0m16 Jul 2026
D365 Finance and Operations SupportKPMG LLP£198k5 Feb 2026
American Chemical Society AgreementAmerican Chemical Society£10.6m11 Jun 2025
Elsevier Knovel Agreement 2025-2030ELSEVIER B.V.£3.0m25 Apr 2025
Invitation to tender for Licensing Tech and Systems ConsultancyStep5 Consult LimitedNot stated26 Mar 2025
Bloomsbury Publishing Drama Online - Subscription OptionBLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC£304k14 Mar 2025
JMIR Open Access Flexible Flat Annual Fee 2025-26JMIR Publications£323k28 Feb 2025
Oxford University Press (OUP) Oxford Medicine Online (OxMed) Collection for Medical Schools with Trust Extension 2025-2028THE CHANCELLOR, MASTER, AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD£500k24 Feb 2025
IEEE IEL - Read-only plus green open access arrangement 2025 -2027The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorpora£23.6m5 Feb 2025
Wolters Kluwer Read and Publish 2025Wolters Kluwer Health (Medical Research) Limited£1.7m17 Jan 2025
Bioscientifica Journals Transitional Read and Publish 2025-2026Bioscientifica Limited£220k17 Dec 2024
PLOS Community Action Publishing 2025: PLOS Medicine & PLOS Biology & PLOS Sustainability and TransformationPublic Library of Science (PLOS)£307k16 Dec 2024
SAGE SHEDL Journals Read and Publish 2025SAGE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED£1.1m13 Dec 2024
Optics Infobase 2025- 2026Optica Publishing Group£1.4m13 Dec 2024
SAGE Journals Read and Publish 2025SAGE Publishing Limited£9.7m13 Dec 2024
ProQuest One Literature and LION Complete 2025-2027ProQuest LLC£2.2m12 Dec 2024
Brill Journals Read and Publish 2025/26KONINKLIJKE BRILL BV£600k12 Dec 2024
Invitation to tender for emergency communications platformAlert media£40k11 Dec 2024

Who they buy from

Most frequent suppliers

  1. 01Oxford University Press3 awards
  2. 02The Chancellor, Master and Scholars of the University of Oxford3 awards
  3. 03CDW Limited2 awards
  4. 04Springer Nature Limited2 awards
  5. 05Elsevier B.V. Ltd2 awards
  6. 06Emerald Publishing Limited2 awards
  7. 07Johns Hopkins University Press2 awards
  8. 08Clarivate Analytics (UK) LTD2 awards
  9. 09ProQuest LLC2 awards
  10. 10Public Library of Science2 awards

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Common questions

Jisc, in short

Who does Jisc award contracts to?

Across 86 contracts recorded since 2021, Jisc has used 72 different suppliers. The most frequent are Oxford University Press (3 contracts), The Chancellor, Master and Scholars of the University of Oxford (3 contracts), CDW Limited (2 contracts).

What does Jisc buy?

Its most active procurement categories are education and training, it services, software and information systems. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.

When do Jisc contracts come up for renewal?

27 contracts awarded by Jisc have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 29 Sept 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.

How much does Jisc spend on contracts?

Published values total £328.0m across the 85 contracts that state one, with a median of £810k. These are the values published on award notices, which for frameworks are ceilings rather than money actually spent.

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Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals.