# The Provision of E-Prints Software and Consultancy

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM](/buyers/university-of-birmingham/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: ECS Partners Limited
- Award value: £139,920
- Tender value: £139,920
- Award date: 24 August 2017
- Published: 31 August 2017
- Contract start: 25 August 2017
- Contract end: 24 August 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 4a76e3e9-19c0-431d-8733-b21b9394d858-168495
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8529ada5-b298-4b90-9bd1-5a951ee970a5

## Description

The University of Birmingham currently uses EPrints and we would like to upgrade it\. We have to use the originators of the software as they own the intellectual property rights and/or copyrights\. The original supplier is the sole distributor or agent for the equipment in the UK\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4a76e3e9-19c0-431d-8733-b21b9394d858-168495)