Published date: 26 September 2022

This notice was replaced on 4 May 2023

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

Awarded contract (published 4 May 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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Library services - 92511000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£1,080,000

Procurement reference

NOTTSCC001-DN632795-00281784

Published date

26 September 2022

Closing date

28 October 2022

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2027

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

Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) is undertaking this procurement on behalf of the East Midlands Libraries (EMLIB) Consortium to establish a framework agreement for the supply of a range of e-Resources, namely e-Books, e-Audiobooks, e-Magazines and e-Newspapers. This is a collaborative procurement exercise and any resulting framework agreement will be entered into on behalf of the Consortium by Inspire. Each member of the Consortium will be responsible for calling off the services they require.

The term of the framework agreement will be for 4 years from 1st April 2023, with an opportunity to extend for a further 2 years in 12-month increments, making the maximum term 6 years.

This new framework agreement will replace the current framework 'Provision of e-Resources for East Midlands Library (EMLIB) consortium' reference DN377239 which will end on the 31st of March 2023.

This is a new competitive procurement process using an open procedure conducted in accordance with the light touch regime of the Public Procurement 2015 Regulations and advertised in the Find a Tender Service Find high value contracts in the public sector - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please read all the tender documents. If you have any questions, please submit them through the procurement portal using the messaging facility.

To register your interest in this tender and to view the tender documents, the tender is published on https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
Reference DN632795

The closing date for all tenders is the 28th of October 2022 at 14:00.

About the buyer

Contact name

Katie Greenhalgh

Address

County Hall
Loughborough Road Westbridgford
Nottinghamshire
NG2 7QP
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1159774761

Email

katie.greenhalgh@nottscc.gov.uk

Website

http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk