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Library Services Platform(s) and Associated Services

Buyer: APUC Limited →

BuyerAPUC Limited
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published16 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Framework for Library Services Platform(s) and Associated Services for Universities and Colleges in Scotland including provision of all software and any associated licensing. Potential Services include, but are not limited to: System Implementation; Migration Support; Support and Maintenance; Hosting. Required solutions should have the capability to operate effectively across multi-campus environments. The framework agreement includes: Lot1 - Library Services Platform(s) and Lot2 - Resource and Reading List Management Systems. The agreement will be open to the members of Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC Limited) and other UK procurement consortia as listed further below.

Delivery location

UK · UK

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000Educational software package 48190000Database software package 48611000Software-related services 72260000Software support services 72261000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000

Lot details

Library Services Platform(s)

Framework for Library Services Platform(s) and Associated Services for Universities and Colleges in Scotland and the UK. Lot 1, Library Services Platform(s)including provision of all software and any associated licensing and subscription. Potential Services include, but are not limited to: System Implementation; Migration Support; Support and Maintenance; Hosting. Required solutions should have the capability to operate effectively across multi-campus environments. This framework agreement is available to participation from Full and Associate Members, and future members, within the UK higher education purchasing consortia as follows: Advanced Procurement Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and associated members listed in Appendix E1. http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC); https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC); https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC); https://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC); https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW) https://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members Scottish Confederation of University Research Libraries (SCURL) https://www.scurl.ac.uk/about-members

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Service Delivery — 70
price — 30

Resource and Reading List Systems

Framework for Library Services Platform(s) and Associated Services for Universities and Colleges in Scotland and the UK. Lot 2, Resource and Reading List Systems including: provision of all software and any associated licensing and subscription. Potential Services include, but are not limited to: System Implementation; Migration Support; Support and Maintenance; Hosting. Required solutions should have the capability to operate effectively across multi-campus environments. This framework agreement is available to participation from Full and Associate Members, and future members, within the UK higher education purchasing consortia as follows: Advanced Procurement Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and associated members listed in Appendix E1. http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC); https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC); https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC); https://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC); https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW) https://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members Scottish Confederation of University Research Libraries (SCURL) https://www.scurl.ac.uk/about-members

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Service Delivery — 70
price — 30

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Software-related services, Software support services, Software package and information systems, Database software package, Educational software packageNot published
2Software-related services, Software support services, Software package and information systems, Database software package, Educational software packageNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); 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 485,1921 median · 8.9 average (1,873 of 5,192 with a bid count)1.7 average (2,150 of 5,192 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer939 median · 39 average (1 of 9 with a bid count)14 average (1 of 9 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UK1,3721 median · 21.1 average (433 of 1,372 with a bid count)3 average (504 of 1,372 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 agreementYes
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

BudgetValue not 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

Library Services Platform(s)

Statusactive
Value£21,000,000

Resource and Reading List Systems

Statusactive
Value£6,000,000

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-0483fc
Latest release ID023559-2026
Latest release timestampMon Mar 16 2026 14:30:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
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 source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release2
Contracts in latest release2
Parties in latest release11

Notice history

DateEventReference
16 Mar 2026award, contract023559-2026
24 Jul 2024tender022962-2024

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 (2 releases)
16 Mar 2026 · 023559-2026 · award, contract
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      "endDate": "2024-09-03T17:00:00+01:00"
    },
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      "performanceTerms": "SUBMISSION OF MANAGEMENT\nINFORMATION\nPrior to the commencement of the Framework Agreement, the Contractor will provide the Authority with contact details of the Management Information contact who will be provided with a template spreadsheet/reporting schedule along with a username and password for the management information website http://www.ucsp.ac.uk/\nThe Contractors must provide the information on a quarterly basis, within 10 working days."
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    "hasRecurrence": true,
    "classification": {
      "id": "72000000",
      "scheme": "CPV",
      "description": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support"
    },
    "submissionTerms": {
      "languages": [
        "en"
      ]
    },
    "submissionMethod": [
      "electronicSubmission"
    ],
    "procurementMethod": "open",
    "selectionCriteria": {
      "criteria": [
        {
          "type": "economic",
          "minimum": "Section 4B.5 specifies the minimum levels of insurance which are as follows:\nEmployer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance, GBP 5Million\nPublic and Product Liability Insurance, GBP 5Million\nProfessional Indemnity GBP 2Million\nSection 4B.6 of the SPD requests further information from the successful Tenderers.\nA copy of your audited accounts or equivalent for the most recent two years, along with details of any significant changes since the previous year end.",
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          "description": "The Single Procurement Document (SPD) Section 4B refers."
        },
        {
          "type": "technical",
          "minimum": "For a Pass at 4C.1.2 of the SPD, Tenderers must have a solution in place within an equivalent environment to the tender Specification for each specific Lot that the Tenderer has submitted a response to.  For each Lot responded to, the minimum required equivalent environment to the Tender Specification includes having a solution in place that provides all capabilities listed up to and including 4.1 of the Specification of Requirements main section 2 of the ITT.\nFor a Fail at 4C.1.2, Tenderers seeking to develop a fully bespoke solution will be disqualified. Tenderers who cannot provide evidence that their solution is in place within an equivalent environment to the tender Specification will be disqualified.\nFor a Pass at 4C.4 of the SPD, The Tenderer has (or has access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain, has confirmed that they have the systems in place to pay contractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, and that they will provide evidence, when requested, of (a) their standard payment terms and (b) > or equal to 95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of the contract) in the last financial year.  If the Tenderer is unable to confirm (b) then they must provide an improvement plan, signed by their Director which improves the payment performance.\nFor a Fail at 4C.4, the Tenderer does not have the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain, does not have the systems in place to pay contractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, and cannot provide evidence of (a) their standard payment terms and (b) > or equal to 95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of the contract) in the last financial year and the Tenderer is unable to provide an improvement plan signed by their Director which improves the payment performance.",
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          "description": "Section 4C.1.2 of the SPD requests at least one relevant example of previous experience from suppliers tendering for this framework contract and/or services carried out within the last three years.\nSection 4C.4, Supply Chain Management and Prompt Payment question, must also be completed."
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      ]
    },
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "submissionMethodDetails": "http://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure"
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      "name": "APUC Limited",
      "roles": [
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        "centralPurchasingBody"
      ],
      "address": {
        "region": "UKM77",
        "locality": "Stirling",
        "postalCode": "FK8 2DZ",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Unit 27, Stirling Business Centre, Wellgreen"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk",
        "buyerProfile": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10402",
        "classifications": [
          {
            "id": "BODY_PUBLIC",
            "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
            "description": "Body governed by public law"
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          {
            "id": "09",
            "scheme": "COFOG",
            "description": "Education"
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        ]
      },
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "APUC Limited"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "url": "https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html",
        "email": "pjackson@apuc-scot.ac.uk",
        "telephone": "+44 1314428930"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "GB-FTS-172",
      "name": "European Union",
      "roles": [
        "funder"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "GB-FTS-119319",
      "name": "Stirling Sherriff Court",
      "roles": [
        "reviewBody"
      ],
      "address": {
        "locality": "Srirling",
        "postalCode": "FK8 1NH",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/stirling-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court"
      },
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Stirling Sherriff Court"
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  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
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      "finance": [
        {
          "id": "1",
          "description": "Multiple Institutions eligible to use the framework may have had projects financed by EU funds.",
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            "1",
            "2"
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          "financingParty": {
            "id": "GB-FTS-172",
            "name": "European Union"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "description": "Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public\nContracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.\nThe following should be submitted prior to award. It is for information only and will not be scored: (Appendix A), FOI disclaimer (Appendix B), APUC Supply Chain Code of Conduct (Appendix D), GDPR Assurance Assessment (Appendix J), Section 1 of the SCM RP Evaluation Tool (Appendix K), which will be available within the ITT.\nThe buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 26714. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343\nThe Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason:\nThis is a specialist multi-supplier framework within which sub-contracting opportunities are limited.\nCommunity benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/\nA summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:\nProvision of training opportunities to staff and students,\napprenticeships and potential investment in Institution local communities.\n(SC Ref:770166)",
  "initiationType": "tender"
}