Public Library Print Materials and Related Services

Overview

Education, Training & Libraries

Ventura, California, United StatesPosted about 2 months agoDeadline: April 17th, 2026

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SUMMARY

The City of Ventura, CA seeks a supplier for print materials and related services to support diverse public library collections, with robust administrative and selection features.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

BUDGET

Estimate

$400,000

CONTRACT DURATION

24 months

TIMELINE

Request for Proposal (RFP) issued: March 16th, 2026

Last day for questions: March 30th, 2026

Proposals due: April 17th, 2026

Evaluation-award: May 2026

Start Work: TBD

QUESTION DEADLINE

March 31st, 2026

Issuing Agency

County of Ventura

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DESCRIPTION

The government authority in Ventura, California seeks a vendor to provide public library print materials and related services. The scope includes supplying new print materials suitable for all public library collection age levels, including adult, young adult, and children's materials. Materials must be available in English, Spanish, and bilingual Spanish, and offered in various formats such as hardcover, paperback (trade and mass market), library binding, large print, and board books.

Vendors must also support a centralized administrative system for managing individual shopping carts, providing full visibility into claims, order status, account balances, and statements. Comprehensive bibliographic data is required for materials selection, including author, title, edition, publisher, publication date, pages, series, ISBN, binding, format, headings or categories, cover image, availability, pricing, and reviews if available. The system should facilitate duplicate checking against both previous orders and the Library’s public catalogs in real time. It must allow searching by common library selectors’ fields, with sorting by publication date and price, and batch ISBN input capability. Additionally, cart sharing, merging, and individual expenditure tracking are required features.

The initial contract is set for one year, and all vendor questions must be submitted by March 30, 2026.

Source attribution

This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.