Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-09-20
Buyer: University of Turku
Country: FI
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 79995000 | 92500000
Estimated value: 5000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2018-11-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The libraries involved in the acquisition cooperation tender together the Library Services Platform (LSP), which contains the tools for the management of printed and e-resources. LSP enables the libraries to perform their services, both internally and externally, and offer APIs for interoperability and custom development. The LSP simplifies library operations through a more inclusive platform designed to handle all the different forms of content (digital as well as printed).
General description of the Library Services Platform (LSP): The libraries involved in the acquisition cooperation tender together the LSP, which contains the tools for the management of printed and e-resources. LSP enables the libraries to perform their services, both internally and externally, and offer APIs for interoperability and custom development. The LSP simplifies library operations through a more inclusive platform designed to handle all the different forms of content (digital as well as printed). The LSP shall contain the following parts/functions:
— tools for the fulfillment services (physical material circulation processes and accessibility for electronic and digital material),
— the platform offers APIs with sufficient properties to connect the LSP to the external systems such as o Customer interface/(s) o The information systems of the host organizations of the libraries (e.g., the student register)
—— Self-service devices The LSP contains an interface or interfaces for the use of the library staff.
The platform shall enable the flexible handling of both printed and electronic resources and management of the licensing information of e-resources. The platform can be connected to the information system environment of the libraries. We ask for the tender of a LSP-specific optional discovery interface, which the libraries can optionally separately decide to acquire into their use. Some of the libraries will use open source interfaces. Appendix 10 List of Appendices with explanations. A summary list of appendices Offered system and thus the prices must include all mandatory requirements and also any promised feature (should-feature).
After the five (5) years period contract shall continue one (1) year at the time unless terminated by a written notice.
Option 1: A tenderer is required to give also a separate price for database merges for the following consortium members in case they decide to purchase a database merging service from the winner:
1) Tampere 3 consisiting of The Tampere University Library (TAYKDB), the Library of Tampere University of Technology (TTKKDB) and the Library of Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMKDB), see Appendix 7;
2) The Oulu University Library (OuluDB) and the Library of Oulu University of Applied Sciences (OULUDB) have also separate Voyager databases, see Appendix 8.
Option 2: We also ask for the tender of a LSP-specific optional discovery interface (OPAC), which the libraries can optionally separately decide to acquire into their use. Some of the libraries will use open source interfaces. The use of options are at sole discretion of the Buyer. These Options are not to be used in price comparison.

Eligibility requirements: See ESPD

Award value: 5000000