NLI Collection Management Services โ€” Multi-Party Framework Agreement

National Library of Ireland

The National Library of Ireland proposes to engage in a competitive process in order to establish a multi-operator framework agreement for Collection Management Services. The services are grouped into 5 Lots to enable the National Library of Ireland to select appropriate service providers at the time of a mini-tender. The 5 Lots are: 1. Metadata Creation, QA and Enhancement; 2. Processing; 3. Digitisation; 4. Preservation; 5. Project Management. There is no minimum or maximum number of Lots that tenderers can bid for in the case of Lots 1 to 4 but tenderers cannot bid for Lot 5 (Project Management services) on its own.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-09-18. The procurement was published on 2017-08-15.

Who? What?
Procurement history
Date Document
2017-08-15 Contract notice
Contract notice (2017-08-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Library and archive services
Reference number: NLI CMS Framework 2017-2021
Short description:
โ€œThe National Library of Ireland proposes to engage in a competitive process in order to establish a multi-operator framework agreement for Collection...โ€    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Library and archive services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Library management services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ie021 ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: National Library of Ireland
Postal address: Kildare Street
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nli.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: coflaherty@nli.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=115286&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-08-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2017-09-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2017-08-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 156-323881
OJ-S issue: 156
Additional information

โ€œAuthority Control: the NLI may request services specifically focused on QA, correction and enhancement of authority data. Automated/Batch Metadata...โ€    Show more

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 2 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Title of the lot: Metadata Creation, QA and Enhancement
Lot number: 1
Short description:
โ€œIncludes the creation of descriptive metadata for all Library material, including digital material e.g. websites archived as part of the NLI's web archiving...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: 450 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 48 months
Additional information:
โ€œAuthority Control: the NLI may request services specifically focused on QA, correction and enhancement of authority data.โ€

โ€œAutomated/Batch Metadata Processing: for some projects, batch-processing of metadata records may be a requirement.โ€
Title of the lot: Processing
Lot number: 2
Short description:
โ€œMaterial acquired by the NLI undergoes a number of processes on its journey through the Library โ€” from acquisition through to cataloguing, to shelving or...โ€    Show more
Additional information:
โ€œThe following list of processing activities is not exhaustive:โ€

โ€œโ€” Sortingโ€
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โ€œโ€” Stampingโ€

โ€œโ€” Labellingโ€

โ€œโ€” Bar-codingโ€

โ€œโ€” Boxing (making enclosures using equipment provided)โ€

โ€œโ€” Shelvingโ€

โ€œโ€” Shelf checking.โ€
Title of the lot: Digitisation
Lot number: 3
Short description:
โ€œThe NLI recognises the importance of developing its digital collections and to maximise access to its resources, enabling users to work with our collections...โ€    Show more
Additional information:
โ€œThis activity will include the digitisation of all Library material (e.g. books, photographs, manuscripts, prints) and formats (e.g. paper, photographic...โ€    Show more
Title of the lot: Preservation
Lot number: 4
Short description:
โ€œThis activity may include cleaning, boxing, bar-coding, security tagging and labelling.โ€
Title of the lot: Project Management
Lot number: 5
Short description:
โ€œIn addition to the specific activities described in Lots 1-4, for some mini-tenders the Library may request the provision of dedicated Project Management...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
โ€œDublin 2.โ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
โ€œNone.โ€

Procedure
Number of participants to be contemplated: 3
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2017-09-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE6608491N
Contact
Contact point: Colette O'Flaherty
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/253 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=115286&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information

โ€œ1.) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included in the mailing list for...โ€    Show more

โ€œ2.) Please note that in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent,...โ€    Show more

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2017/S 156-323881 (2017-08-15)