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Nottinghamshire County Council

Framework agreement for the provision of e-Resources for East Midlands Library (EMLIB) Consortium

Recreation & CultureCPV 92511000
ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published2 May 2023
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
Bolinda UK Ltd.

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

Who to contact
Mrs Katie Greenhalgh
katie.greenhalgh@nottscc.gov.uk
+44 1159774761

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) is undertaking this procurement on behalf of the East Midlands Libraries (EMLIB) Consortium to establish a framework agreement for the supply of a range of e-Resources, namely e-Books, e-Audiobooks, e-Magazines and e-Newspapers.

East Midlands Libraries (EMLIB) Consortium and joint procurement approach There are 7 councils currently within the Consortium, all neighbouring authorities in the East Midlands regions.

1) Culture, Learning and Libraries (Midlands) (known as “Inspire”) (i.e., Nottinghamshire County Council’s Libraries operating as a charitable organisation) 2) Nottingham City Council 3) Derbyshire County Council 4) Derby City Council 5) Leicestershire County Council 6) Leicester City Council 7) Rutland County Council This is a collaborative procurement exercise undertaken by all the Consortium members listed above.

Any resulting framework agreement will be entered into by Inspire.

Each Consortium member will be able to access the framework and will be responsible for sourcing the services they require with each supplier and will enter individual call-off contracts.

The term of the framework agreement will be for 4 years from 1st April 2023, with an opportunity to extend for a further 2 years in 12-month increments, making the maximum term 6 years.

This new framework agreement will replace the current framework ‘Provision of e-Resources for East Midlands Library (EMLIB) consortium’ reference DN377239 which will end on the 31st of March 2023.

This is a new competitive procurement process using an open procedure conducted in accordance with the light touch regime of the Public Procurement 2015 Regulations and advertised in the Find a Tender Service Find high value contracts in the public sector - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ Reference DN632795

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What the notice asks for

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Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) is undertaking

Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) is undertaking this procurement on behalf of the East Midlands Libraries (EMLIB) Consortium to establish a framework agreement for the supply of a range of e-Resources, namely e-Books, e-Audiobooks, e-Magazines and e-Newspapers.

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Each Consortium member will be able

Each Consortium member will be able to access the framework and will be responsible for sourcing the services they require with each supplier and will enter individual call-off contracts.

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What this notice demands of you

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

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
Framework agreement for the provision of e-Resources for East Midlands Library (EMLIB) Consortium

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OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036b6b
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
012464-2023
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