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title: "A new system for a Book Wholesale and Distribution business"
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# A new system for a Book Wholesale and Distribution business

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/a-new-system-for-a-book-wholesale-and-distribution-business-ocds-h6vhtk-02a373). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru /Books Council of Wales: "A new system for a Book Wholesale and Distribution business". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru /Books Council of Wales](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cyngor-llyfrau-cymru-books-council-of-wales-GB-FTS-11488)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industry specific software package, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKL1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £503,800 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a373`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/a-new-system-for-a-book-wholesale-and-distribution-business-ocds-h6vhtk-02a373#tl-md)

## Description
The Books Council wishes to engage a winning bidder with the capability to deliver a book distribution (wholesale and distribution) system and professional and technical consultancy support to replace several its existing IT Systems between 2020 and 2022. It plans to replace both its existing system and websites. This Invitation to Tender is only focused upon the system replacement, but proposals should include the system’s ability to interface with other systems, including selling websites.
It is expected that companies choosing to tender will be specialists in the book trade with their systems designed around this. They should be able to provide current and recent examples of successful implementations with other companies in the book trade, and the Book Distribution Industry.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48000000, 48100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** The Books Council of Wales is a registered charity, set up over 50 years ago to ensure that Welsh books or books of Welsh content are distributed effectively. After a period of growth, it acts as a distributor to some publishers, and as a Welsh whole...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 007170-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **knk Software UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-11489`
  - Value: £503,800 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 007170-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £503,800
  - Signed Date: 25/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007170-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-04-08T08:16:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:26:57.821Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a373