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EDR-24-008 DIGITAL LIBRARY FOR LIBRARIES NI

Buyer: Libraries NI →

BuyerLibraries NI
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published22 Jan 2026

What is being bought

The Education Authority (the Authority) on behalf of Libraries NI (the Client) invites Tenders for A Digital Lending Platform to include downloadable eBooks, eAudio books, eMagazines and eNewspapers ie the Digital Library Offer for a period of 24 months with the option to extend for period(s) of up to and including 24 months.

Delivery location

UKN

Categories

Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines 22200000Newspapers 22210000Library management system 48161000Computer-related services 72500000Subscription services 79980000Library management services 79995000Library services 92511000Magazines 22213000

Lot details

Lot 1

The Education Authority (the Authority) on behalf of Libraries NI (the Client) invites Tenders for A Digital Lending Platform to include downloadable eBooks, eAudio books, eMagazines and eNewspapers ie the Digital Library Offer for a period of 24 months with the option to extend for period(s) of up to and including 24 months. Additional information: The Contracting Authority can make no commitment or guarantee as to when orders will be placed for the service throughout the period of the Contract or as to the value/volume of the orders.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Digital Library Offer — 50
Total Overall Cost — 50

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines, Newspapers, Subscription services, Library services, Library management services, Library management system, Computer-related servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 22. The category anchor is Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines (22200000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 224243.5 median · 15.2 average (160 of 424 with a bid count)3.6 average (175 of 424 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKN193 median · 16.6 average (10 of 19 with a bid count)5.8 average (14 of 19 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Contract

Statusactive
Value£8,000,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0496e6
Latest release ID005729-2026
Latest release timestampThu Jan 22 2026 12:34:50 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
22 Jan 2026award, contract005729-2026
12 May 2025tenderUpdate020596-2025
12 May 2025tender005944-2025
30 Apr 2025tenderUpdate017990-2025
21 Mar 2025tenderUpdate010593-2025
30 Aug 2024planning027798-2024

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (6 releases)
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12 May 2025 · 020596-2025 · tenderUpdate
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12 May 2025 · 005944-2025 · tender
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30 Apr 2025 · 017990-2025 · tenderUpdate
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21 Mar 2025 · 010593-2025 · tenderUpdate
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30 Aug 2024 · 027798-2024 · planning
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