Official UK procurement notice
NEPO418 Library books & Digital Content
Authority: The Association of North East Councils Limited (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Association of North East Councils Trading as the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) seeks to establish a multi-supplier, multi-lot Framework Agreement for the provision of library books and digital content for use by contracting authorities throughout the United Kingdom
The Framework Agreement will be made available to all Members and Associate Members of NEPO including Local Authorities and other Contracting Authorities located in the United Kingdom.
A list of Members of NEPO is available here www.nepo.org/about ↗ and a list of Associate Members is available here www.nepo.org/associate-membership… ↗.
NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any)which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
- Recurrence: 12-24 months from the Framework Agreement expiry date.
CPV: Library books · Library software package
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 5 bids on the busiest of 4 lots · 6 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 4 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction Books & Multi-media MaterialsAwardedRenewalPublished value£3,685,000
NEPO are using an Open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Agreement for Library Books & Digital Content.
Lot 1 of the Framework Agreement will be awarded to a maximum of two suppliers able to provide a comprehensive selection of Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction and Reference Books along with Multimedia Materials (CDs, DVDs, Blu Rays).Tenderers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the invitation to tender documents.
NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
Lot #2Children's Fiction, Non-Fiction Books & Multimedia MaterialsAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,815,000
NEPO are using an Open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Agreement for Library Books & Digital Content.
Lot 2 of the Framework Agreement will be awarded to a maximum of two suppliers able to provide a comprehensive selection of Children's Fiction, Non-Fiction Books along with Multimedia Materials (CDs, DVDs, Blu Rays).
Tenderers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the invitation to tender documents.
NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
Lot #3Wrap Service; Fiction, Non-Fiction Books & Multimedia MaterialsAwardedRenewalPublished value£5,500,000
NEPO are using an Open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Agreement for Library Books & Digital Content.
Lot 3 of the Framework Agreement will be awarded to a maximum of two suppliers able to provide a comprehensive selection of Fiction, Non-Fiction and Reference Books along with Multimedia Materials (CDs, DVDs, Blu Rays).
Tenderers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the invitation to tender documents.
NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
Lot #4Digital ContentAwardedRenewalPublished value£4,500,000
NEPO are using an Open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Agreement for Library Books & Digital Content.
Lot 4 of the Framework Agreement will be awarded to a maximum of four suppliers able to provide a comprehensive selection of digital content. Lot 4 will be divided into 3 sub-lots:
4a eBooks & eAudiobooks
4b eMagazines & eNewspapers
4c eComics
Tenderers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the invitation to tender documents
NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 30
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 60
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “NEPO418 Library books & Digital Content” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 12-24 months from the Framework Agreement expiry date.
- First published
- 23 Aug 2021, 13:56 BST
- Last source update
- 10 May 2022, 13:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Jan 2022 – …
- Authority reference
NEPO418- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-012138- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d81aFind a Tender
Publisher note: NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services. Please see the following websites for further details: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/ https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/ http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts http://www.scottishambulance.com/AboutUs/HowWeOrganised.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1 https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies https://www.ons.gov.uk/ https://www.police.uk/forces/ http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm http://www.scotland.police.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/ http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx https://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social-landlords-in-wales/?lang=en https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx http://www.oscr.org.uk/ https://idea.org.uk/ http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/search_Auth.aspx http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644 A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below: https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 17 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 17 Jan 2022, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
12 Nov 2021 → 10 May 2022 · 4 dates- Next notice expected12 Nov 2021
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Jan 2022, 13:00 GMT
- Notice published10 May 2022, 13:58 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Dec 2021- Status changed to active8 Dec 2021, 13:16 GMT
- Procurement method changed8 Dec 2021, 13:16 GMT
- Deadline published: 17 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT8 Dec 2021, 13:16 GMT
- Buyer details updated8 Dec 2021, 13:16 GMT
- Status changed to complete10 May 2022, 13:58 BST
- Buyer details updated10 May 2022, 13:58 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction Books & Multimedia Materials
- Signed
- 22 Feb 2022
- Value
- £3,865,000
- Status
- active
Children's Fiction, Non-Fiction Books & Multimedia Materials
- Signed
- 18 Feb 2022
- Value
- £1,815,000
- Status
- active
Wrap Service; Fiction, Non-Fiction Books & Multimedia Materials
- Signed
- 18 Feb 2022
- Value
- £5,500,000
- Status
- active
Digital Content
- Signed
- 18 Feb 2022
- Value
- £4,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction Books & Multi-media Materials | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Children's Fiction, Non-Fiction Books & Multimedia Materials | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Wrap Service; Fiction, Non-Fiction Books & Multimedia Materials | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 4 · Digital Content | 5bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED (NEPO)Contracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyRegional or local authorityGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NEPOReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- A T Little & Sons Ltd T/A Browns BooksFramework contractor
- Askews and Holts Library Services LtdFramework contractor
- Bibliotheca LimitedFramework contractor
- Bolinda UK LtdFramework contractor
- OverDrive Global LtdFramework contractor
- Ulverscroft LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.