Awarded contract

EDR-24-008 DIGITAL LIBRARY FOR LIBRARIES NI

Details

Buyer: Education Authority Northern Ireland
Supplier(s): OverDrive, Inc.
Value: £8,000,000
Topic: Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
Published: 22 January 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Education Authority (the Authority) on behalf of Libraries NI (the Client) invites Tenders for A Digital Lending Platform to include downloadable eBooks, eAudio books, eMagazines and eNewspapers ie the Digital Library Offer for a period of 24 months with the option to extend for period(s) of up to and including 24 months. Lot 1: The Education Authority (the Authority) on behalf of Libraries NI (the Client) invites Tenders for A Digital Lending Platform to include downloadable eBooks, eAudio books, eMagazines and eNewspapers ie the Digital Library Offer for a period of 24 months with the option to extend for period(s) of up to and including 24 months. Additional information: The Contracting Authority can make no commitment or guarantee as to when orders will be placed for the service throughout the period of the Contract or as to the value/volume of the orders.

Timeline

Completed: Award date29 December 2025
Completed: Award published22 January 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

Education Authority Northern Ireland administers most education sector procurement in Northern Ireland, and buys as a non-departmental public body with its own procurement service. That service is one of six Centres of Procurement Expertise in Northern Ireland. Procurement support also goes to schools, school meals kitchens and youth clubs. Contract categories run from transport, fleet and catering to construction, ICT and business services.

Dynamic purchasing systems are open to join, and a published pipeline lists current activity.

Over the past 5 years, most of Education Authority Northern Ireland's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov