376E_20 eBooks, eAudiobooks and Print Books
Main contract details
Opportunity Id
DN462632
Title
376E_20 eBooks, eAudiobooks and Print Books
Categories
22110000-4 - Printed books
22111000-1 - School books
22112000-8 - Textbooks
22113000-5 - Library books
22114000-2 - Dictionaries, maps, music books and other books
22200000-2 - Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
48160000-7 - Library software package
79980000-7 - Subscription services
92510000-9 - Library and archive services
Description
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).
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).
Region(s) of supply
United Kingdom
Estimated value
£12,000,000.00
Keywords
eBooks, eAudiobooks and Print Books
Key dates
Estimated contract dates
Start date
04/11/2020
End date
03/11/2024
Expression of interest window
From 07/02/2020 12:00 to 21/08/2020 12:00
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