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Central Bedfordshire Council

CBC-1286-T-CE RFID Supply Installation and Maintenance CBC Libraries - AWARD

Furniture & FurnishingsCPV 39155100 48160000 30238000
Value£238k
Awarded6 Dec 2021
Published14 Apr 2022
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£238ktotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Furniture & Furnishings band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,729 valued Furniture & Furnishings tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Central Bedfordshire Council Library Service (hereafter the Library Service) is inviting tenders for the supply, installation, and maintenance for the replacement of our end-of-life RFID equipment (Lot 1) and to expand our offer by providing additional RFID equipment via small form/Tablet based devices (Lot 2).

Lot 1 is all your standard RFID equipment: Large Form RFID Kiosks and associated furniture; Security Gates; Shelf Scanners; Staff Pads.

Lot 2 is for small form RFID Devices (Must be Tablets).

The Library Service is seeking to install/replace RFID Technologies in 12 libraries, and commence this project before the end of March 2022.

This will include the installation of self-service RFID terminals (large and small form), provision of integrated return bins (if possible), replacement or new security gates where required, staff training etc.

The Library Service also wishes to automate stock management and audit procedures by the replacement of our hand-held shelf scanners.

Completed Tenders and attachments should be submitted electronically, by the due date via our "In-tend" electronic tendering system.

Tenders must be uploaded via the "My Return" section of the system.

Tenders submitted through the correspondence facility will not be considered.

Your Tender must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than 12:00 noon on Friday, 6th December 2021.

Tenders received after that time will be excluded.

Help and Support - The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the Tender process.

Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all tenderers to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all.

If there is anything you are not sure of or need clarification on, please send a correspondence using the 'In-tend' portal tendering system.

Last date for receiving questions on the In-Tend system closes at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 1st December 2021 The contract is for an initial period of five years with an option to extend, at Central Bedfordshire Council's sole discretion, for a further three years in one yearly increments.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Lot 2 is for small form RFID

Lot 2 is for small form RFID Devices (Must be Tablets).

02

This will include the installation of self-service

This will include the installation of self-service RFID terminals (large and small form), provision of integrated return bins (if possible), replacement or new security gates where required, staff training etc.

03

Completed Tenders and attachments should be submitted

Completed Tenders and attachments should be submitted electronically, by the due date via our "In-tend" electronic tendering system.

04

Tenders must be uploaded via the "My

Tenders must be uploaded via the "My Return" section of the system.

05

Your Tender must be submitted via

Your Tender must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than 12:00 noon on Friday, 6th December 2021.

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Stage
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