# Books, E-books, E-textbooks and Associated Services

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY](/buyers/bournemouth-university/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC\.](/suppliers/ebsco-international/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £2,200,000
- Award date: 22 June 2026
- Published: 15 July 2026
- Contract start: 1 July 2026
- Contract end: 30 June 2030
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 0e8ab7e2-fd96-47e1-a525-aa47da82dd44-906388
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a9e08d75-b01f-4363-94e0-5a2eec3a707a

## Description

Contract for the the supply of \(i\) shelf-ready print books that are serviced to our specification: this includes protective covering, RFID tagging, library bar codes, labelling and preparing the book to be available as quickly as possible to users \(ii\) Ebooks from different publishers and imprints \(iii\) EDI \(Electronic Data Interchange\) to connect orders directly to our library catalogue and transmit ISBNs of ordered items to OCLC who automatically supply us with MARC catalogues\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0e8ab7e2-fd96-47e1-a525-aa47da82dd44-906388)