Awarded contract

Library Management System

Details

Value
18,324,434
Duration
9 years
Topic
Library software package
Published
11 June 2025

Tender description

The Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF) represents all higher education institutions in Wales. These institutions, together with the National Library of Wales and the NHS Libraries in Wales, have procured a cloud-hosted next generation library management system. ## Contract award Title: LMS

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published11 June 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date11 June 2025
  3. Next: Contract expiry date15 December 2033in 7 years

About the buyer

Cardiff University is a higher education buyer based in the Welsh capital, and it advertises larger contract opportunities through the Sell2Wales portal. Current tender notices for the University are also published on InTend and the Tenders Electronic Daily service. Suppliers working with the University must hold a valid purchase order in place before any goods are delivered or any work begins. Purchase card payment covers smaller transactions instead of a formal purchase order. Every procurement at the University is run for value for money alongside environmental, social and governance impact across the whole life of the contract.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of Cardiff University's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 48160000 · Library software package

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