01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- goods
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 19 January 2026
Description
National framework agreement for the supply of 'shelf-ready' stock to libraries, serviced to individual specification. It offers the supply of adult and children’s library stock, including fiction and non-fiction. The Framework is divided into 2 lots. For any additional details please also refer to https://www.espo.org/library-stock-376f-26.html
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Lot 1. Adult Stock
- Awarded
- 5 March 2026
- Award value
- £22,000,000
- Suppliers
- 3
- Signed contract
- 24 March 2026
Lot 2. Children's Stock
- Awarded
- 5 March 2026
- Award value
- £22,000,000
- Suppliers
- 3
- Signed contract
- 24 March 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, UKF22, LE19 1ES, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PYDD-1122-TCVNA.T. LITTLE & SONS LIMITED (t/a Browns Books)
Melton Enterprise Park, 5 Redcliff Road, Melton, North Ferriby, UKE12, HU14 3RS, United Kingdom
Companies House 01607961 →ASKEWS AND HOLTS LIBRARY SERVICES LTD
1 Whittle Drive, Eastbourne, UKJ22, BN23 6QH, United Kingdom
Companies House 02745298 →PETERS LIMITED
120 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham, UKG31, B5 6RJ, United Kingdom
Companies House 02452340 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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