LI2613F - Request for Tenders to establish a Single Supplier Framework Agreement for the Holdings of Participating CONUL Libraries on behalf of UCD

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

UCD is seeking to implement a union catalogue to deliver a unified view of the holdings of CONUL libraries as well as additional functionality to support shared collection practices such as cataloguing, collection management and development and resource sharing. The union catalogue will be an important tool to promote CONUL collections and the CONUL brand internationally. This document sets out to describe UCDโ€™s requirements for a union catalogue solution.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-04-25. The procurement was published on 2025-03-25.

Who? What? Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin
Procurement history
Date Document
2025-03-25 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-03-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: LI2613F - Request for Tenders to establish a Single Supplier Framework Agreement for the Holdings of Participating CONUL Libraries on behalf of UCD
Short description:
โ€œUCD is seeking to implement a union catalogue to deliver a unified view of the holdings of CONUL libraries as well as additional functionality to support...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Library services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 540 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œUCD is seeking to implement a union catalogue to deliver a unified view of the holdings of CONUL libraries as well as additional functionality to support...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Library services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Library and archive services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Duration: 4 (YEAR)
The time frame below is expressed in number of years.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Library and archive services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-04-25 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-04-25 00:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5355420
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โœ…
Maximum number of participants: 15
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-04-25 00:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place:
โ€œhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5355420โ€
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โœ…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Postal address: Castletroy Limerick
Postal code: V94 DK53
Postal town: Limerick
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: info@educationprocurementservice.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 061233715 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.educationprocurementservice.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5355420 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5355420 ๐ŸŒ
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โ€œRefer to CFT documentsโ€
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 061-198637 (2025-03-25)