Published date: 28 July 2021

Last edited date: 28 July 2021

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 25 October 2021

Contract summary

Industry

  • Printed matter and related products - 22000000

  • Printed books - 22110000

  • School books - 22111000

    • Textbooks - 22112000

    • Library books - 22113000

    • Dictionaries, maps, music books and other books - 22114000

    • Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines - 22200000

    • Compact disks (CDs) - 30234300

    • Digital versatile disks (DVDs) - 30234400

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£48,000,000

Procurement reference

ESPO001-DN554020-62447192

Published date

28 July 2021

Approach to market date

25 October 2021

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Please note this is a Prior Information Notice and tender documentation is not available yet.

ESPO intends to renew its existing framework covering the supply of library stock materials. The resulting framework will feature multiple suppliers, and will include categories of stock such as, adult and children's fiction and non-fiction books, reference material, CDs, DVDs, periodicals, computer games, etc. Stock will generally be required to be supplied 'serviced', i.e. complete with stock labels, date stamps, RFID tags, etc. The purpose of this notice is to enable interested parties to engage with ESPO to discuss the products and services currently available in the market, options regarding the structure of the procurement and the anticipated direction of future market developments.

Lot 1 - Adult Stock
Lot 2 - Children's' Stock
Lot 3 - Audio and Visual Materials
Lot 4 - Foreign Language Materials
Lot 5 - Journals and Periodicals

The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. The total estimated value stated includes the option period.

To express an interest: (a) Go to www.eastmidstenders.org, (b) Register (c) Search for tender opportunity '376F_22', (d) Express an interest.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

376F_22 Library Stock

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 28 July 2021

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2022/2023 £12,000,000
2023/2024 £12,000,000

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Additional text

ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself.

Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders' information only.
As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal

About the buyer

Contact name

Food, Communities & Technology Procurement Team

Address

Barnsdale Way, Grove Park
Enderby
Leicester
LE19 1ES
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1162944008

Email

tenders@espo.org

Website

http://www.espo.org/