Contract

East Midlands Libraries Consortium - Library Management System

  • Nottinghamshire County Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-002858

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03f702

Published 29 January 2024, 9:58am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Nottinghamshire County Council

County Hall, Loughborough Road Westbridgford

Nottinghamshire

NG2 7QP

Contact

Mr Mabs Karim

Email

mabs.karim@nottscc.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1159772721

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

East Midlands Libraries Consortium - Library Management System

Reference number

DN686114

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Culture, Learning and libraries (Midlands) trading as Inspire is undertaking this procurement exercise on behalf of the East Midlands Library Consortium (EMLIB) to establish a single supplier framework for the supply, migration, implementation and on-going support and maintenance of a new Library Management System (LMS). The procurement is being managed on behalf of Inspire by Nottinghamshire County Council.

EMLIB is a consortium of library services, founded in the East Midlands, and which has jointly procured a Library Management System (LMS) for their use.

The EMLIB Consortium is currently made up of the following six library services:

Derby City Council

Leicestershire County Council

Nottingham City Council

Culture, Learning and Libraries (Midlands) (referred to as Inspire)

Rutland County Council District Council (also referred to as Rutland County Council)

Derbyshire County Council

There is potential for the Consortium membership to grow over the duration of the new framework agreement by (up to) three (3) further services; the eligible library services are:

West Northamptonshire

North Northamptonshire

Leicester City

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £1,300,000 / Highest offer: £2,500,000 taken into consideration

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 48000000 - Software package and information systems

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Culture, Learning and libraries (Midlands) trading as Inspire is undertaking this procurement exercise on behalf of the East Midlands Library Consortium (EMLIB) to establish a single supplier framework for the supply, migration, implementation and on-going support and maintenance of a new Library Management System (LMS). The procurement is being managed on behalf of Inspire by Nottinghamshire County Council.

EMLIB is a consortium of library services, founded in the East Midlands, and which has jointly procured a Library Management System (LMS) for their use.

The EMLIB Consortium is currently made up of the following six library services:

Derby City Council

Leicestershire County Council

Nottingham City Council

Culture, Learning and Libraries (Midlands) (referred to as Inspire)

Rutland County Council District Council (also referred to as Rutland County Council)

Derbyshire County Council

There is potential for the Consortium membership to grow over the duration of the new framework agreement by (up to) three (3) further services; the eligible library services are:

West Northamptonshire

North Northamptonshire

Leicester City

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70

Price - Weighting: 30

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2023/S 000-025091


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

DN686114

Lot No

1

Title

East Midlands Libraries Consortium - Library Management System

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

10 January 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Axiell ALM Ltd

Nottingham

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,124,021.96


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Royal Court of Justice

London

Country

United Kingdom