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ClosedStage · contract

Espo

376E_24 Digital Library Content and Print Books

Print & PublishingCPV 22110000 22200000 48160000 79980000 92511000
Value£24.0m
Deadline28 Aug 2024
Published21 Nov 2024
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 21 Nov 2024ClosedCloses 28 Aug 2024
Contract value in context
£24.0mtotal contract value
median £92k
this tender£0£25.9m

This is a large award for Printed Matter & Publishing — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 2,467 valued Printed Matter & Publishing tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

ESPO is seeking to renew its eBooks, eAudiobooks and Print Books framework, with the addition of an ePress Sub-Lot.

It is anticipated that the new framework will be awarded during Autumn 2024.

Lot 1.1 - eBook Solutions Lot 1.2 - eAudiobook Solutions Lot 1.3 - ePress and Associated Solutions Lot 1.4 - Combined eBook and eAudiobook Solutions Lot 1.5 - Combined eBook, eAudiobook and ePress Solutions Lot 2.1 - Fiction and Curriculum Books Lot 2.2 - Reference Materials, Handbooks and Manuals The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 24 months.

The total estimated value stated includes the option period.

As part of the on-going contract management process, during the period of the Framework Agreement, ESPO shall monitor the financial stability of the awarded Suppliers during the period of the Framework Agreement by reference to credit rating agency reports.

ESPO shall obtain a credit score for the Supplier on or before the Framework start date as a base score and where a significant change in the credit score is identified over the life of the Framework Agreement, ESPO reserves the right to investigate the reasons for this significant change.

Depending on the severity of the changes, it will be at the sole discretion of ESPO to suspend or even permanently remove the Supplier from the Framework Agreement.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

As part of the on-going contract management

As part of the on-going contract management process, during the period of the Framework Agreement, ESPO shall monitor the financial stability of the awarded Suppliers during the period of the Framework Agreement by reference to credit rating agency reports.

02

ESPO shall obtain a credit score

ESPO shall obtain a credit score for the Supplier on or before the Framework start date as a base score and where a significant change in the credit score is identified over the life of the Framework Agreement, ESPO reserves the right to investigate the reasons for this significant change.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
contract · Contract
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