Library Books & Digital Content

Published date: 8 December 2021

This notice was replaced on 10 May 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 10 May 2022)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.

Contract summary

Industry

Library books - 22113000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£10,000,000

Procurement reference

NEPO418

Published date

8 December 2021

Closing date

17 January 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Description

NEPO seeks to establish a Framework Agreement for a comprehensive range of Library Books & Digital Content. The resulting Solution will provide for the delivery and servicing of adult fiction and non-fiction books, children's fiction and non-fiction books, physical multimedia materials (CDs and DVDs, Blu Rays) along with Digital Content including eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers and eComics.
NEPO are using an Open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Agreement.
It is anticipated that up to a maximum of two (2) Suppliers will be appointed to Lot 1-3 and up to a maximum of four (4) Suppliers will be appointed to Lot 4 of the Framework Agreement. The Framework Agreement will be awarded to those suppliers per Lot with the highest evaluation scores.
The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTendering system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Framework must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTendering System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTendering system at https://procontract.due north.com/register (https://procontract.due-north.com/register).
Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your Tender, please contact the System Support Team on 0330 0050352. For non-time critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc, please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com/ (http://proactis.kayako.com/)) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com this will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk.

About the buyer

Address

The Guildhall, Sandhill
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
England

Email

facilities.management@nepo.org