Contract award notice
Provision of Books and Reading Materials for Secondary School
Department for Education named BROWNS BOOKS as the supplier in an award dated 20 August 2026.
What the notice records
- Buyer
- Department for Education
- Supplier
- BROWNS BOOKS
- Awarded value
- £5,000,000 (the notice’s own figure, in GBP)
- Award date
- 20 August 2026
- Notice published
- 2 September 2026
- Category (CPV)
- Printed books, brochures and leaflets (22100000)
- Description
- As part of the National Year of Reading, the Department for Education (DfE) is providing £ 5milllion to eligible secondary schools in England to purchase books and reading materials to encourage reading for pleasure and support literacy outcomes. The contract has been awarded to A T Little & Sons Ltd T/A Browns Books for the provision of books, reading materials and associated services, including an online ordering platform, order fulfilment , delivery , spend management and management information reporting. Eligible schools will be able to purchase books and reading materials up to their allocated funding value. This contract was awarded following a further competition under the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) Framework Agreement LIB4061SU, Lot 1
- Source
- Contracts Finder — official notice