Published date: 4 May 2023

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


Closing: 28 October 2022, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Library services - 92511000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£1,080,000

Procurement reference

NOTTSCC001-DN632795-00281784

Published date

4 May 2023

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.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Framework agreement for the provision of e-Resources for East Midlands Library (EMLIB) Consortium

  • Opportunity
  • Published 26 September 2022

Award information

Awarded date

26 January 2023

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Total value of contract

£1,080,000

This contract was awarded to 3 suppliers.

Bolinda Digital Ltd

Address

RG14 2PZ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

OverDrive, Inc.

Address

44125

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Ulvercroft Limited

Address

LE7 7FU

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

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