Surrey County Council is a member of the Central Buying Consortium. Along with 56 other local authorities, led by West Sussex they have run a procurement for a Framework for the provision of Library Book and Audio Visual (AV) Materials.
As a result of the exercise, a single supplier Askews and Holt Library Services has been appointed to supply the Books and AV materials. The Council can call down against this Frameworkto purchase their requirements at agreed rates.
The spend per annum on these products is approximately £700,000.
The Framework is valid for an initial 2 years and is capable of extension up to a further 2 years. The total value over the 4 year period is £2.8 million.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Affects more than 1 division;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 16/04/2024
Decision due: 12 Apr 2024 by Executive Director - Customers, Digital & Transformation