Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.
Closing: 19 February 2024, 12pm
Contract summary
Industry
Library management system - 48161000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£840,000
Procurement reference
WCC - 17969
Published date
15 January 2024
Closing date
19 February 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
2 April 2024
Contract end date
1 April 2034
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Warwickshire County Council (WCC) Library and Information Services are seeking to procure a replacement Library Management System, Open Public Access Catalogue and Library App (Library
Management Software). The awarded contract will be for software for the use primarily by Libraries and Information Service (Library Service). The Library Service operates over 18 locations, with a
Home Library Service, Schools Library Service, 3 mobile libraries and 12 Community Managed Libraries. Any proposed solution must allow for each location to access and use the solution. The Council reserves the right to reduce or add to the number of locations during the contract term. Proposed solutions must have the ability to
increase the number of locations if required during the contract term.
The Council wishes to move to a cloud / Tenderer hosted solution and so the Council will not accept and will deem non-compliant, any submissions that require the Council to host software on its own
infrastructure.
Contract Duration - The service will be required for an initial contract term of [3] years however, WCC reserves the right to extend the contract by further periods not exceeding 84 months, 84 months being the maximum available extension period. The extension period(s) are at the Council's discretion.
The initial contract spend is estimated to have a value of circa £225,000.00, over a three year contract duration.
The total contract spend (including all extension periods) is circa £840,000.00 over a maximum ten years contract duration, This is to enable maximum flexibility/adaptability throughout the duration of the contract.
Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (In-Tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an
interest. The web address is: https://intendhost.co.uk/csw-jets/aspx/Home
Registration and use of In-Tend is free. Once registered, all correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function; However, if you are unable to register with
the website please email us at procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk.
How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.