# Request for proposals for Knowledge Exchange Project consultancy - Innovating Scholarly Communication: Navigating the future of APP's

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Jisc.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Jisc](/buyers/jisc/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £31,500
- Published: 19 August 2024
- Contract start: 2 December 2024
- Contract end: 1 June 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: ab6b8e7a-b79f-4726-b36e-d37336cea216-778578
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-83105c49-7475-42c3-b1d6-725060aa5e07

## Description

As part of its work on Open Science, the Knowledge Exchange \(KE\) is exploring how to raise awareness of alternative publishing platforms \(APP\) among the research community and research supporting institutions\. We are commissioning a study to discover how APP functionalities can support innovation in scholarly communication and gain deeper insights about the maturity and development of alternative platforms\. Proposals and outputs will be in English, and we expect that interviews will be in English\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ab6b8e7a-b79f-4726-b36e-d37336cea216-778578)