# Library Books & Digital Content

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED](/buyers/the-association-of-north-east-councils-limited/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [ASKEWS AND HOLTS LIBRARY SERVICES LTD\.](/suppliers/askews-and-holts-library-services/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £10,000,000
- Tender value: £10,000,000
- Award date: 10 May 2022
- Published: 10 May 2022
- Contract start: 10 May 2022
- Contract end: 9 May 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 306ca439-d84b-4438-bdf2-20be054b3a79-536218
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d3580a31-115a-4443-81db-38867748014d

## Description

NEPO seeks to establish a Framework Agreement for a comprehensive range of Library Books & Digital Content\. The resulting Solution will provide for the delivery and servicing of adult fiction and non-fiction books, children's fiction and non-fiction books, physical multimedia materials \(CDs and DVDs, Blu Rays\) along with Digital Content including eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers and eComics\. NEPO are using an Open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Agreement\. It is anticipated that up to a maximum of two \(2\) Suppliers will be appointed to Lot 1-3 and up to a maximum of four \(4\) Suppliers will be appointed to Lot 4 of the Framework Agreement\. The Framework Agreement will be awarded to those suppliers per Lot with the highest evaluation scores\. The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTendering system\. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Framework must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTendering System\. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTendering system at https://procontract\.due north\.com/register \(https://procontract\.due-north\.com/register\)\. Tenders must be submitted using the link above\. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted\. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your Tender, please contact the System Support Team on 0330 0050352\. For non-time critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc, please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System \(http://proactis\.kayako\.com/ \(http://proactis\.kayako\.com/\)\) and select ProContract V3 support\. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue\. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis\.com this will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/306ca439-d84b-4438-bdf2-20be054b3a79-536218)