Printed books, brochures and leaflets

Description

Please note this is a prior information notice and tender documentation is not available yet. A multiple-supplier framework for the supply of print books (fiction, non-fiction, curriculum and reference materials) and digital lending solutions to provide eBook and eAudiobook accessibility to a range of academic, school and public library service users. To express an interest: (a) go to www.eastmidstenders.org (b) register; (c) search for tender opportunity ‘376E_20’; (d) express an interest. This lot is for digital lending platforms to provide eBook and eAudiobook accessibility to education and public library service users. Solutions will offer a range of eBook and eAudiobook titles via a portal, where service users will be able to reserve and check-out content virtually on a range of devices including smart phones, e-readers, tablets and desktop computers. This lot is expected to be used by schools and public libraries. This lot will primarily be used by schools for fiction books typically read by school-age children (N.B. public libraries are not generally expected to use this lot). This lot will cover textbooks, revision guides and reading scheme sets used in schools and colleges by students. This lot will be aimed exclusively at education customers. This lot will cover the requirements of education customers for materials such as dictionaries, and encyclopaedias as well as non-education customers such as local authority departments and central governments bodies for reference books related to their area of work (e.g. social care).