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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

Library Management System

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48161000 72261000 72263000 72265000 72268000
Value£551,705
Awarded21 Oct 2021
Published31 Jan 2022
RegionSouth East

£551,705 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£552ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

This is a large award for Software & IT Systems — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Procurement of a new Library Services Platform, with Library Management System (LMS) and discovery-layer functionality defined as: 'Core' LMS - including circulation, cataloguing, serials management, patron management, acquisitions, management analytics and information, document delivery and inter-library-lending. 'Resource Discovery' - online cataloguing functions to provide a single search across multiple resource formats (e.g. search print books and e-books) in our holdings. 'Search' - search across multiple data sources (e.g. electronic subscription platforms) and return consolidated results sets.

Federated search (i.e. searching multiple platforms simultaneously in real-time) and metasearch (i.e. searching single consolidated index of data in one place). 'Electronic Records Management' - ERM designed to assist in managing electronic subscriptions and information held by the Library.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Online cataloguing functions to provide a single

online cataloguing functions to provide a single search across multiple resource formats (e.g. search print books and e-books) in our holdings.

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Source & provenance
OCID
33557324-6ca0-401e-a65a-40b21e1f427d
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
2021UoS-0236
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