Published date: 8 February 2023

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.


Closing: 22 March 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Library management services - 79995000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£2,500,000

Procurement reference

SOMRTD001-DN646963-63102755

Published date

8 February 2023

Closing date

22 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

10 November 2023

Contract end date

10 November 2033

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

Provision of Library Management System (LMS) for the LibrariesWest Consortium. The Contracting Authorities are looking for a LMS including (but not restricted to) acquisitions, cataloguing, circulation, public interfaces, reporting, system management, and integration with third party systems. This is the re-procurement due to not being able to award following the original tender process.

This Contract is being procured by Somerset County Council on behalf of organisations within the Libraries West Consortium which currently consists of:

• Bath & North East Somerset Council
• Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council
• Bristol City Council
• Dorset Council
• North Somerset Council
• Somerset County Council
• South Gloucestershire Council

During the term of the Contract, the organisations within the Libraries West Consortium, and therefore the eligible users of this Contract, may change.

This procurement is being carried out by the Authority on behalf of all authorities within the LibrariesWest Consortium and any other named authorities listed here at the time of Contract commencement. For avoidance of doubt the authorities named below will not be joining at the Contract commencement date but will be eligible to do so at any time during the lifetime of the Contract.

• Libraries Unlimited
• Plymouth City Council
• Swindon Council
• Wiltshire Council

For further information, including access to the tender documents, please visit the ProContract e-tendering portal via the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com/

About the buyer

Contact name

Iain Copeland

Address

County Hall
Taunton
TA1 4DY
England

Email

iain.copeland@somerset.gov.uk