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Libraries Scotland eNewspaper and eMagazine

Open United Kingdom Software & IT systems

Buyer Scottish Library and Information Council

30 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€1.9M
€1,893,984 · converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 31 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

31 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 24 and 34 days, based on 513 notices of the last two years.

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Description

The aim of this tender is to provide a single national eMagazines and eNewpapers service to all thirty-two public library services for access by their members. Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) is seeking a vendor that can supply eMagazines and eNewspapers to all thirty-two public library services.

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €1.9M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Software & IT systems.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    30 days left, 23 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €68,792 and €393,988.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The register holds nothing on this. The official documents will.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 8 hours ago

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,004 awards for Software & IT systems in United Kingdom.

This notice
€1.9M
Median award
€152,141
Middle half of past awards
€68,792 to €393,988

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

The buyer

Full buyer profile

Scottish Library and Information Council

United Kingdom

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Software & IT systems - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
SOFTCAT PLC 81 €65.0M Oct 2026
COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED 56 €9.4M Oct 2026
PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED 43 €116.5M Oct 2026
Computacenter 31 €16.6M Sep 2026
Civica UK Limited 30 €8.9M Oct 2026

Based on 1140 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

Market context

Larger than 80% of the open notices in Software & IT systems across Europe.

open now in Software & IT systems
1,878
median open notice
€312,812

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Software & IT systems

different companies won awards here
546
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
16%
buyers awarded contracts here
406

Based on 1,131 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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