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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Blackburn with Darwen

ESPO Framework 350_19 Lot 1

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50000000
Value£45k
Awarded11 Mar 2020
Published9 Oct 2020
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£45ktotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£4.8m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Repair & Maintenance band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

The brief

ESPO Framework 350_19 Lot 1 - RFID There is a commitment to refresh existing RFID self-service (book) equipment due to end of life to ensure that effective and reliable self-service provision is at all libraries.

This will retain and improve access and facilitate a mix of supported and independent use of libraries, which are key actions of the Libraries Service Improvement Programme.

The council will thereby continue to meet the statutory requirement of providing a comprehensive and efficient library service and its commitment to serving all communities, not least those in areas of high deprivation.

Any solution must be able to communicate with the existing LMS (Civica Spydus).

The Council has existing equipment which if compatible with the proposed solution should be re-used or if not costs provided for replacement;

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

RFID There is a commitment to refresh

RFID There is a commitment to refresh existing RFID self-service (book) equipment due to end of life to ensure that effective and reliable self-service provision is at all libraries.

02

Any solution must be able to communicate

Any solution must be able to communicate with the existing LMS (Civica Spydus).

03

The Council has existing equipment which if

The Council has existing equipment which if compatible with the proposed solution should be re-used or if not costs provided for replacement;.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ESPO / YPO / NEPOFrameworks & routes to market
ESPO Framework 350_19 Lot 1

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Source & provenance
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
BLACKDARW001-DN464453-15107481
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