Contract PO05448192-V4

James Madison University, a Virginia higher education institution, awarded a contract to EBSCO Industries Inc. effective September 16, 2026, with a cumulative value of $953,344.22. The contract encompasses the provision of electronic database access and related library resources to Virginia institutions participating in the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) consortium. Products delivered under this contract include APA PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, PsycEXTRA, PsycTESTS, and PsycTHERAPY databases; EBSCOhost collections; and CINAHL Complete (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) Complete databases. Services are to be delivered to Allison Strunk at James Madison University.

The contract is structured to provide differentiated pricing for VIVA public and private member institutions across multiple line items. Specific allocations include APA Psych resources for public institutions ($566,471), APA Psych resources for private institutions ($210,018), EBSCOhost collections for both public and private institutions ($980 and $124,779.22, respectively), and CINAHL Complete access for Eastern Mennonite University as a private institution member ($12,196) and VIVA public institutions in a second payment cycle ($38,900). The contract structure indicates a multi-year subscription arrangement supporting academic research and information access across Virginia's higher education network.