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title: "Libraries Public Network"
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# Libraries Public Network

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/libraries-public-network-ocds-h6vhtk-03ce46). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** City of London: "Libraries Public Network". Published status: complete. Published Value: £450,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.capitalesourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [City of London](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-london-ons-e09000001)
- **Published Value:** £450,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 June 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Library software package, Topographical services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £418,925 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/libraries-public-network-ocds-h6vhtk-03ce46#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ce46`

## 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/libraries-public-network-ocds-h6vhtk-03ce46#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [capitalesourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.capitalesourcing.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/libraries-public-network-ocds-h6vhtk-03ce46#participate

## Description
Fully managed and supported solution that will provide the identified business areas with a fast, cloud based, secure and reliable network which will be delivered both wireless and wired. There is a requirement to have both fixed and flexible workstations at the venues and also to allow customers to bring their own devices which can connect to the network. The City is looking to include innovative approaches and flexibility throughout the lifetime of the contract and welcomes proposals from bidders to provide a cost effective and innovative service. The requirements are summarised as:
• Public Access and Staff Desktops/Terminals provision
• Wired and Wireless Networking
• Internet access across multiple library sites, LMA and potentially SBREC
• Printing
• An innovative and flexible way of meeting the needs of service users (current service provision is detailed as a foundation on which to build an innovative and flexible future solution within the budget envelope)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71351810
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £450,000
- **Description:** To capture existing site conditions and the definition of the survey outputs. To 
recognise the scale of the survey task ahead and the need to prioritise elements of the 
deliverables to support ongoing design development. To capture site topography ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Libraries Public Network (active)
  - Award id: `031773-2023-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Plowman Craven Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-177481`
  - Value: £418,925 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Libraries Public Network (active)
  - Signed Value: £418,925
  - Signed Date: 16/10/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000497-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-08T12:55:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:22:07.006Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ce46