Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Library Management System (LMS) for the LibrariesWest Consortium (Re-Procurement)
Authority: Somerset Council (Local council)·Consortium: 8 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Library Management System (LMS) for the LibrariesWest Consortium. The Contracting Authorities are looking for a LMS including (but not restricted to) acquisitions, cataloguing, circulation, public interfaces, reporting, system management, and integration with third party systems. This is the re-procurement due to not being able to award following the original tender process.
Please note, the estimated value of this contract does not include any optional extras which may be implemented during the contract term or additional Authorities that may join the consortium. The
maximum contract value has been estimated as £4,799,999
CPV: Library management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This Contract is being procured by Somerset County Council on behalf of organisations…Awarded
This Contract is being procured by Somerset County Council on behalf of organisations within the Libraries West Consortium which currently consists of:
- Bath & North East Somerset Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council
- Bristol City Council
- Dorset Council
- North Somerset Council
- Somerset County Council
- South Gloucestershire Council
During the term of the Contract, the organisations within the Libraries West Consortium, and therefore the eligible users of this Contract, may change.
This procurement is being carried out by the Authority on behalf of all authorities within the LibrariesWest Consortium and any other named authorities listed here at the time of Contract commencement. For avoidance of doubt the authorities named below will not be joining at the Contract commencement date but will be eligible to do so at any time during the lifetime of the Contract.
- Libraries Unlimited
- Plymouth City Council
- Swindon Council
- Wiltshire Council
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 55%
- Total Contract Cost: 40%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 55
- Social Value: 5
- Total Contract Cost: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Feb 2023, 11:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Mar 2024, 14:56 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Mar 2023 – …
- Authority reference
DN646963- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-006700- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a3ceFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
22 Mar 2023 → 1 Mar 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline22 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened22 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published1 Mar 2024, 14:56 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Mar 2024- Status changed to complete1 Mar 2024, 14:56 GMT
- Buyer details updated1 Mar 2024, 14:56 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axiell ALM LtdSME | £1,540,520 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Library Management System (LMS) for the LibrariesWest Consortium (Re-Procurement) · Axiell ALM LtdSME
- Signed
- 29 Feb 2024
- Value
- £1,540,520
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
8 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Bath & North East Somerset CouncilContracting authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole CouncilContracting authority
- Bristol City CouncilContracting authority
- Dorset CouncilContracting authority
- North Somerset CouncilContracting authority
- Somerset County CouncilContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyRegional or local authorityGeneral public services
- South Gloucestershire CouncilContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Axiell ALM LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.