Published date: 24 August 2016

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 27 September 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Library software package - 48160000

  • Programming services of application software - 72212000

  • Library management services - 79995000

    • Library and archive services - 92510000

Location of contract

L3 2AJ

Value of contract

£486,724

Procurement reference

LJMU 1610 OJEU Reference - 2016/S 162-292376

Published date

24 August 2016

Closing date

27 September 2016

Contract start date

1 December 2016

Contract end date

30 November 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

OJEU Reference - 2016/S 162-292376

The University's current Library Management System is an essential technology framework which the library depends upon to support daily operations and deliver content and services to staff, students and other library users.

We currently use the Ex Libris Aleph system (Version 22), alongside EBSCO's Discovery Service for electronic resource discovery. We do not currently have an electronic resource management (ERM) product. The Aleph system has been in place for over 10 years, with a number of customised integrations and enhancements developed over time to meet the University's needs, for example the integration with the University's Data Exchange System (DES) which handles all user accounts within university systems; also the integration with the University's online fee payment system (ViP).

The University is seeking to Identify, procure and implement a 'next generation' integrated Library Services Platform that will support the institutional aims and objectives of Liverpool John Moores University. We wish to transform user experience by selecting a system which maximises resources discovery and we aim to select a system that will transform library staff processes and workflows
The Library environment has significantly changed over the past decade as the needs and expectations of its increasingly digital-native student population evolve. Currently 80% of our recurrent annual spend is on electronic resources. We currently provide 60,000 serials of which 50,000 are electronic; 150,000 e-books and approx. 300,000 physical items. Although we do not expect print and hard-copy collections to disappear, our systems need to reflect that the balance will continue to shift toward the digital.

Library Services therefore seeks to take the opportunity offered by recent developments in the library systems market-place to update its library management and discovery systems enabling us to provide a state of the art digital library experience for students, addressing the growing digital expectations of students, researchers and staff, enhancing and underpinning our service offering as we prepare to move to the new library facilities at Copperas Hill. It is also our aim to create more efficient processes and work-flows, and by making these efficiencies ensure services are delivered in a seamless, timely and effective manner and further improve ease of use and accessibility to information.

Liverpool John Moores University are currently in the process of procuring a procurement portal however as of yet does not have the facility for e-tendering. To request all relevant tender documentation please contact Lowri Willis, Procurement Services, via e-mail, on L.A.Willis@ljmu.ac.uk


More information

Additional text

OJEU Reference - 2016/S 162-292376

Liverpool John Moores University are currently in the process of procuring a procurement portal however as of yet does not have the facility for e-tendering. To request all relevant tender documentation please contact Lowri Willis, Procurement Services, via e-mail, on L.A.Willis@ljmu.ac.uk


Award information

Awarded date

4 November 2016

Contract start date

1 December 2016

Contract end date

30 November 2021

Total value of contract

£486,724

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ex Libris

Address

5th Floor,
3 Dorset Rise,
London
EC4Y 8EN

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Lowri Willis

Address

Liverpool John Moores University
4th Floor, Kingsway House, Hatton Garden
Liverpool
L3 2AJ
England

Email

L.A.Willis@ljmu.ac.uk

Website

www.ljmu.ac.uk