Provision of Large Print and Audio Books

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PROVISION OF LARGE PRINT AND AUDIO BOOKS
2. Awarding Authority: Caerphilly County Borough Council, Procurement Services, Penallta House, Tredomen Park, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, CF82 7PG. Tel: 01443 864705. Email: olearm@caerphilly.gov.uk. (Mike O’Leary), CF82 7PG.
3. Contract type: Supply contract
4. Description: The awarding authority aims to enable and encourage individuals or groups of individuals to gain unbiased access to books, information and works of creative imagination. These aims are met by providing a wide range of material to meet the needs of the community, reflecting tastes, interests, age groups, language and reading ability. The library service plays a unique role in society by allowing free loans or minimal charge loans for large print and audiobook products not commercially viable or available to sections of society. Large print and Audiobook stock play a vital role for Library Link customers and allow visually impaired borrowers access to stories and literature in book and audio formats, thus ensuring the library service contributes to the development of a healthy, caring and socially inclusive community. The successful suppliers must, during the duration of the contract, provide bestselling author titles in order to support library service objectives and readership.
5. CPV Code(s): 22110000, 30237136
6. NUTS code(s): UKL, UKL1, UKL16
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Wales, West Wales And The Valleys, Gwent Valleys.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Opportunity | RQST11327
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Closing Date 26.5.2016.
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:

12. Other information: TKR-2016425-CB-722313