Tender overview

Updated 5 March 2026

Buyer: Digital Health & Care Wales
Status: Complete
Procurement method: Below threshold - without competition
Category: Not supplied
CPV classification: Not supplied
Tender period: Not supplied — Not supplied

Description

Digital Health & Care Wales has awarded a contract for continued access to the Cochrane Library Database, a unique and proprietary evidence-based resource used extensively by healthcare professionals, researchers, and the public across NHS Wales. The Cochrane Library is exclusively owned by Cochrane and distributed solely by the publisher John Wiley & Sons Ltd. No reasonable alternative or substitute exists. Loss of access would significantly impact clinical decision-making, research support, operational library services, and public access to reliable, high-quality healthcare evidence.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

1 shown

Active

Cochrane Library Database

Awarded: 20 February 2026
Award value: £59,922
Suppliers: 1
Signed contract: 27 February 2026

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

2 parties

Buyer

Digital Health & Care Wales

Ty Glan-yr-Afon, Cardiff, UKL22, CF11 9AD, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PHXM-8593-WBPZ

Supplier

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

111 River Street ,, Hoboken, US, 07030, United States

GB-PPON PDQG-8713-THWT

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

FTS

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