Books, E-books, E-textbooks and Associated Services
Estimated value
£2.2m
Awarded value
£2.2m
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
15 Jul 2026
Description
Contract for the the supply of (i) shelf-ready print books that are serviced to our specification: this includes protective covering, RFID tagging, library bar codes, labelling and preparing the book to be available as quickly as possible to users (ii) Ebooks from different publishers and imprints (iii) EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) to connect orders directly to our library catalogue and transmit ISBNs of ordered items to OCLC who automatically supply us with MARC catalogues.
Scope
- Reference
- PS/OS/616
- Total value
- £2,200,000 excluding VAT
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Jun 2026 to 29 Jun 2030
- CPV classifications
- 22000000 92511000
Submission & procedure
- Submission deadline
- 01 Jun 2026, 11:00 am
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£2.2m
Award date
21 Jun 2026
Contract start
30 Jun 2026
Contract end
29 Jun 2030
Awarded suppliers· 1 supplier
Awarded 21 Jun 2026 · Contract period 30 Jun 2026 — 29 Jun 2030
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|---|---|---|---|
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| UWQ336 - 25/26 - Print Books - AWARD | contract | £200k | 14 Apr 2026 |