Library Books and Audio Visual Material - Waterford City & County Council

Tender description

Tenders are invited from competent suppliers in order to establish a Framework Agreement with Waterford City and County Council for the supply of books for both the new Carrickphierish library development in Waterford City and general stock for the Waterford City and County Libraries branch library network . The ratio of expenditure between Carrickphierish and other branch designated stock will be approximately 60/40. There are four (4) categories or Lots that tenderers may bid for namely: Lot 1: Children's and Young Adult books - notional value €120,000; Lot 2: Adult Non-Fiction books (including reference books) - notional value €120,000; Lot 3: Adult Fiction books - notional value €110,000; Lot 4: AV (Audiovisual) Stock (including DVDs, CDs and Computer Games for both adults and children– notional value €40,000, with an approximate 75% spend on adult collections. Please note that the notional values indicated above are for Year 1 only of the framework. Anticipated spend in the subsequent year if approved and availed would be in the region of Euro 180,000 approximately across all 4 lots. Waterford City and County Council intend to admit the three highest ranked tenderers into the Framework Agreement as Framework Members for each Lot, provided there is a minimum of three suitable tenders received in each Lot. Tenderers will be scored and ranked based on the results of the assessment under the award criteria. Thereafter contracts for the supply of library stock in each Lot will be awarded using the "Cascade" method, with all contracts being awarded to the highest ranked Framework Member in each Lot. Should the highest ranked Framework Member not be in a position to respond to a requirement, or fail to provide the service, or have their contract terminated, Waterford City and County Council reserves the right to award the contract in that Lot to the next highest ranked Framework Member in that Lot.