Print and publishing contracts expiring in Wales: 14 worth £1.2m
Public sector print and publishing contracts held by buyers in Wales 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.
Expiring next
- SU92(26) BMJ Read and Publish subscription via the JISC R&P Framework AgreementSwansea UniversityEnds 31 Dec 2026, £56k
- Cylchgrawn TGAU Hanes ar ran Adnodd/ GCSE History Magazine on behalf of AdnoddCaerphilly County Borough CouncilEnds 31 Mar 2027, £50k
What this market looks like
14 print and publishing contracts in Wales carry a published end date, worth £1.2m between them. They are held across 5 buyers, and the typical one is worth £56k.
9 of them expire within twelve months, and 1 is already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 64% of this market back in play inside a year.
11 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 43% of it. That is a concentrated market: displacing an incumbent here means going after one of a small number of established holders.
The most active buyers are Caerphilly County Borough Council (4), Swansea University (4), Cardiff Metropolitan University (4).
The contracts here are most often held by JISC Services Limited (3), JISC SERVICES LIMITED (2), Atebol (1).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cylchgrawn TGAU Hanes ar ran Adnodd/ GCSE History Magazine on behalf of Adnodd Wales | Caerphilly County Borough Council | £50k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Contract for Swansea Bay PR Campaign 2026/27 Wales | City & County of Swansea | £30k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Adnodd Hawliau Dynol ar ran Adnodd Cyfyngedig / Human Rights Resource on behalf of Adnodd Cyfyngedig/ Wales | Caerphilly County Borough Council | £125k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Hanes Cymru / Welsh History (Lot 1) Wales | Caerphilly County Borough Council | £101k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Gwrth-hiliaeth / Anti-racism (Lot 2) Wales | Caerphilly County Borough Council | £48k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| SU11(27) Subscription to Oxford University Press, Law Trove (Complete Law Collection 2026 + Criminology & Criminal Justice) Wales | Swansea University | £219k | 31 Aug 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| SU92(26) BMJ Read and Publish subscription via the JISC R&P Framework Agreement Wales | Swansea University | £56k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| NLA Media Access Licence Wales | Intellectual Property Office | £30k | 30 Jun 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| ProQuest Central Database Wales | Cardiff Metropolitan University | £31k | 31 Jul 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Elsevier Read and Publish (2026-2028) Wales | Cardiff Metropolitan University | £200k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Sage Journals Read and Publish (2026-2028) Wales | Cardiff Metropolitan University | £128k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Wiley Online Library Read and Publish (2026-2028) Wales | Cardiff Metropolitan University | £104k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| SU93(26) Royal Society Journals Wales | Swansea University | £45k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| SU126(26) The American Association for the Advancement of Science Journals 2026-2028 Wales | Swansea University | £30k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
Print and publishing in other regions
Other sectors in Wales
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.