# E-BOOKS AND E-AUDIO SOLUTION FOR LIBRARIES

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Isle of Wight Council](/buyers/isle-of-wight-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Bolinda UK Ltd](/contract-winners/bolinda-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £20,000
- Award date: 20 November 2017
- Published: 23 March 2018
- Contract start: 4 December 2017
- Contract end: 3 December 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 38c0d414-417f-446f-830c-2e48cd21e9c8-207315
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-bbf7995c-0a2b-4416-98b2-04ab91734b97

## Description

Introduction The Isle of Wight Council is seeking a suitable provider of e-books and e-audio for the Library Service for an initial term of 3 years, with an option to extend for up to another 12 months\. The service provider must offer a single customer interface for both e-books and e-audio, as well as having a web interface and an app available to users which can link to the existing Civica Spydus Library Management System\. The service provider's solution is required to have a fully integrated office function for multiple staff users; this allows selection and review of stock, reporting and marketing\. The solution will be required to offer a wide variety of stock in both e-book and e-audio formats from a variety of publishers and across all popular genres, including children's, adult and teen materials\. It should also offer stock in standard formats, including e-pub for books and mp3, which are readable on all popular e-readers and devices\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/38c0d414-417f-446f-830c-2e48cd21e9c8-207315)