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Wrexham Library and Information Service Feasibility Study (Proc-26-128)

Business ServicesCPV 71315300

Value£70k

Deadline7 Oct 2026

Published7 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 7 Sept 202630 days leftCloses 7 Oct 2026

Who to contact

Commissioning Procurement and Contract Management Unit

procurement@wrexham.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

Please see the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, appendices and other supporting documents for full details of the proposed work. These have been published and are available on the eTenderWales (Bravo Solutions) online e-sourcing portal, which can be accessed through this web address: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/. You will need to be registered as a supplier on both Find a Tender service (FTS) and eTenderWales. To access and download the documents you will need to be logged into eTenderWales and search for the Invitation to Tender (ITT). You can look up the tender with the following reference: project_63992, itt_126851 - Wrexham Library and Information Service Feasibility Study. Interested suppliers may ask clarification questions though eTenderWales. If you wish to tender for the work, your tender submission will need to be uploaded though eTenderWales.

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Contract value in context

£70ktotal contract value

median £95k

this tender£0£2.0m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Engineering & Architecture band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Wrexham County Borough Council wish to commission a suitably qualified consultancy to produce a comprehensive feasibility study on a future, long-term sustainable model for Wrexham Library and Information Service, and related assets in Wrexham County Borough, whilst further enhancing its contribution to cultural and wellbeing priorities.

This study will be used to evidence further applications to secure investment to deliver the recommendations and develop the library service’s assets (capital) and services (revenue) to provide inclusive life-long learning activities that continue to meet the needs of the diverse communities within Wrexham County Borough into the future.

Please see the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, appendices and other supporting documents for full details of the proposed work.

These have been published and are available on the eTenderWales (Bravo Solutions) online e-sourcing portal, which can be accessed through this web address: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/.

You will need to be registered as a supplier on both Find a Tender service (FTS) and eTenderWales.

To access and download the documents you will need to be logged into eTenderWales and search for the Invitation to Tender (ITT).

You can look up the tender with the following reference: project_63992, itt_126851 - Wrexham Library and Information Service Feasibility Study.

Interested suppliers may ask clarification questions though eTenderWales.

If you wish to tender for the work, your tender submission will need to be uploaded though eTenderWales.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

You will need to be registered as

You will need to be registered as a supplier on both Find a Tender service (FTS) and eTenderWales.

To access and download the documents you

To access and download the documents you will need to be logged into eTenderWales and search for the Invitation to Tender (ITT).

If you wish to tender for

If you wish to tender for the work, your tender submission will need to be uploaded though eTenderWales.

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Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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