Stale Pre-tender

LI2706C – PIN/RFI for the Supply of an Automated Storage, Retrieval and Return System (ASRRS)

Details

Topic
Library automation equipment
Published
5 December 2023

Tender description

Supply, Delivery, installation, and maintenance of a high-density, Automated Storage, Retrieval and Return System (ASRRS) for the storage of Library Collections in the University of Galway Library and Learning Commons. The ASRRS is intended to store Library collections in a high-density, secure environment. Library collections to be stored in the ASRRS include the following formats: • Hardback and paperback books • Bound journals and single journal issues • Audiovisual material, such as DVDs, CDs, audio and video cassettes The ASRRS should store a minimum of 400,000 items and a solution that offers capacity for growth beyond that number would be welcome. Supply, Delivery, installation, and maintenance of a high-density, Automated Storage, Retrieval and Return System (ASRRS) for the storage of Library Collections in the University of Galway Library and Learning Commons. The ASRRS is intended to store Library collections in a high-density, secure environment. Library collections to be stored in the ASRRS include the following formats: • Hardback and paperback books • Bound journals and single journal issues • Audiovisual material, such as DVDs, CDs, audio and video cassettes The ASRRS should store a minimum of 400,000 items and a solution that offers capacity for growth beyond that number would be welcome.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published5 December 2023
    Current notice

About the buyer

Education Procurement Service (EPS) is Ireland's national sourcing hub for the education sector, buying for schools, Education and Training Boards and higher education institutions. Every tender EPS runs is published on the national eTenders platform. Framework agreements it manages span laboratory equipment and chemicals, library resources and agriculture and veterinary services. Health Service Executive libraries and public bodies can also draw down these frameworks directly. EPS links to the Office of Government Procurement's central deals for wider public buying. A monthly contract completion database tracks drawdowns, mini-competitions and one-off requisitions across its frameworks.

€29.5bn was the estimated value of contracts awarded across the Irish public sector in 2025.

Over the past 5 years, most of EPS's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, electrical equipment and lighting and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 30238000 · Library automation equipment
  • 39155100 · Library equipment
  • 48160000 · Library software package
  • 48161000 · Library management system

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