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ESPO

376E_20 eBooks, eAudiobooks and Print Books

Print & PublishingCPV 22000000 22100000 79000000 79900000 92000000 92500000 48000000 48100000 22110000
Value£12.0m
Awarded20 Aug 2020
Published4 Dec 2020
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£12.0mtotal contract value
median £92k
this tender£0£13.0m

This is a large award for Printed Matter & Publishing — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 2,467 valued Printed Matter & Publishing tenders in our corpus.

The brief

A multiple-supplier framework for the supply of print books (fiction, non-fiction, curriculum and reference materials) and digital lending solutions to provide eBook and eAudiobook accessibility to a range of academic, school and public library service users.

Lot 1.1: eBook Solutions - This lot is for digital lending platforms to provide eBook accessibility to education and public library service users.

Solutions will offer a range of eBook titles via a portal, where service users will be able to reserve and check-out content virtually on a range of devices including smart phones, e-readers, tablets and desktop computers.

This lot is expected to be used by schools and public libraries.

Lot 1.2: eAudiobook Solutions - This lot is for digital lending platforms to provide eAudiobook accessibility to education and public library service users.

Solutions will offer a range of eAudiobook titles via a portal, where service users will be able to reserve and check-out content virtually on a range of devices including smart phones, e-readers, tablets and desktop computers.

This lot is expected to be used by schools and public libraries.

Lot 1.3: Combined eBook and eAudiobook Solutions - This lot will be used by customers who require a comprehensive system that combines the functionalitiesoffered by both lots 1.1 and 1.2.

Lot 2.1: Fiction and Curriculum Books - This lot will cover both children's and adult fiction titles, textbooks, revision guides and eading scheme sets used in schools and colleges by students.

This lot will largely be used by education customers.

Lot 2.2: Reference Materials, Handbooks and Manuals - This lot will cover the requirements of education customers for materials such as dictionaries, and encyclopaedias as well as non-education customers such as local authority departments and central governments bodies for reference books related to their area of work (e.g. social care).

The framework agreement will have the option to extend for up to a further 24 months.

The total estimated value stated includes the option period.

To express an interest: (a) go to www.eastmidstenders.org (b) register; (c) search for tender opportunity 376E_20;; (d) express an interest.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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A multiple-supplier framework for the supply

A multiple-supplier framework for the supply of print books (fiction, non-fiction, curriculum and reference materials) and digital lending solutions to provide eBook and eAudiobook accessibility to a range of academic, school and public library service users.

02

This lot is for digital lending platforms

This lot is for digital lending platforms to provide eBook accessibility to education and public library service users.

03

Solutions will offer a range of eBook

Solutions will offer a range of eBook titles via a portal, where service users will be able to reserve and.

04

This lot is expected to be used

This lot is expected to be used by schools and public libraries.

05

This lot is for digital lending platforms

This lot is for digital lending platforms to provide eAudiobook accessibility to education and public library service users.

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OCID
ce88861c-81a7-477f-9d86-58e9215db2de
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
ESPO001-DN462632-27956136
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