Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Library Goods to include Books and eBooks

Education Procurement Service EPS

The Education Procurement Service is issuing this request for tenders (โ€œRFTโ€) as a central purchasing body for use by Framework Clients. This Competition relates to the Supply of Library Goods (i.e. printed books, eBooks, standing orders and related materials) to the Higher Education Sector. The framework agreement will be divided into Seven (7) lots.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-07-17. The procurement was published on 2023-06-15.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-06-15 Contract notice
Contract notice (2023-06-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Library books
Reference number: LI2433F
Short description:
The Education Procurement Service is issuing this request for tenders (โ€œRFTโ€) as a central purchasing body for use by Framework Clients. This Competition relates to the Supply of Library Goods (i.e. printed books, eBooks, standing orders and related materials) to the Higher Education Sector. The framework agreement will be divided into Seven (7) lots.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Library books ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Textbooks ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland 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: Education Procurement Service EPS
Postal address: Castletroy Limerick
Postal code: V94 DK53
Postal town: Limerick
Contact
Internet address: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: michael.hughes@ul.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL for documents: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-06-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-07-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-06-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 117-366452
OJ-S issue: 117

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 15 536 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Title of the lot: English Language Monographs
Lot number: 1
Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 423 028 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals: Please refer to Paragraph 1.6 of the RFT
Title of the lot: E-Books
Lot number: 2
Estimated value excluding VAT: 9 788 698 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of renewals: Please refer to Paragraph 1.6 of the RFT Document
Title of the lot: E-pda/edda
Lot number: 3
Estimated value excluding VAT: 57 233 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of renewals: Please refer to Paragraph 1.6 of the RFT document
Title of the lot: Irish Published Materials
Lot number: 4
Estimated value excluding VAT: 81 353 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Title of the lot: Modern European Language Materials
Lot number: 5
Estimated value excluding VAT: 548 649 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Title of the lot: Out-of-Print/ Second-Hand Material
Lot number: 6
Estimated value excluding VAT: 287 131 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Title of the lot: E-Textbooks
Lot number: 7
Estimated value excluding VAT: 350 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 12 months

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 42
Time of receipt of tenders: 14:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2023-07-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 14:30

Contracting authority
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Ofice of the High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2023/S 117-366452 (2023-06-15)