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# Library Management Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/library-management-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043730). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Westminster City Council: "Library Management Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £580,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Mar 2024, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.capitalesourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Westminster City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/westminster-city-council-ons-e09000033)
- **Published Value:** £580,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 March 2024 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Library management services, Library management system
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/library-management-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043730#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043730`

## 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/library-management-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043730#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [capitalesourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.capitalesourcing.com%2Fgo%2F02855349018D416C5D4E)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/library-management-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043730#participate

## Description
Westminster City Council jointly runs their public libraries and archives service with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. We provide an excellent service to our library customers and are working towards becoming the most inclusive library service in the UK. While we run as a bi-borough service which allows for efficiency savings and an enhanced offer to library customers, our branding remains sovereign council focussed. As such, we currently have one library management system which is able to provide two instances of our library catalogue for each council’s library service. We are looking to retain this setup going forward. 
We are focussed on delivering a digital experience for our library customers which pulls together the libraries activities into a unified space. We also need to ensure that our business operations, performed in the library management system, are streamlined and user friendly for library staff.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48161000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** Westminster City Council jointly runs their public libraries and archives service with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. We provide an excellent service to our library customers and are working towards becoming the most inclusive library s...
- **Contract Period:** 31/05/2025 to 31/05/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003705-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-05T14:11:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T07:18:31.472Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-043730