Print and publishing contracts expiring in South West England: 23 worth £15m
Public sector print and publishing contracts held by buyers in South West England that have a published end date. Approach the buyer while the incumbent still holds it, rather than meeting the work for the first time when it goes out to tender.
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What this market looks like
23 print and publishing contracts in South West England carry a published end date, worth £15m between them. They are held across 8 buyers, and the typical one is worth £76k.
8 of them expire within twelve months, and 0 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 35% of this market back in play inside a year.
21 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 22% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.
8 are frameworks rather than a single contract, so a large part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.
The most active buyers are JISC (8), University of the West of England (5), Met Office (5).
The contracts here are most often held by Oxford University Press (2), SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED (2), AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (1).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Chemical Society Journals 2027 South West England | JISC | £5.2m incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| BMJ Read and Publish 2027 South West England | JISC | £1.7m incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| De Gruyter Read and Publish 2027 South West England | JISC | £533k incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Brill Journals Read and Publish 2027 South West England | JISC | £354k incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| EndNote 2027-2028 South West England | JISC | £2.3m incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| The Company of Biologists Read and Publish 2027-2028 South West England | JISC | £1.1m incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Karger Read and Publish 2027-2028 South West England | JISC | £1.1m incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Printing and design Services South West England | HOMES IN SOMERSET LIMITED | £120k | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Cold Spring Harbor Journals Read & Publish 2027-2028 South West England | JISC | £521k incl. VAT | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Office and Education Supplies South West England | THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION | £1.0m | 30 Apr 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Journals@Ovid and LWW Premier Collection South West England | University of the West of England | £66k | 30 Jun 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Digital Student ID Cards South West England | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | £76k | 31 Aug 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| APA Data Fee South West England | University of the West of England | £56k | 31 Jul 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| ETXT Collection renewal South West England | University of the West of England | £68k | 31 Aug 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Science Journals Subscription South West England | Met Office | £96k | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Wiley Health eTextbook Collections South West England | University of the West of England | £23k | 09 Jun 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Externally funded Drawing of Henry Ulusiboo South West England | Bristol City Council | £40k | 10 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| JSTOR Archive Journals South West England | University of the West of England | £23k | 31 Jul 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Scientific Journals South West England | Met Office | £48k | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Scientific Journals 2027 South West England | Met Office | £48k | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Scientific Journals South West England | Met Office | £34k | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Scientific journals South West England | Met Office | £30k | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Advertising planning applications South West England | Mid Devon District Council | £38k | 31 Mar 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
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Regions come from the buyer's published NUTS code, which is the location of the buying authority rather than always the place the work happens. Contract end dates are published by buyers on contract details notices. Re-tender windows are computed estimates, not announcements.