[Moving Mountains] Mass. RFP for Automated Sorting and Delivery Services

[greg at masslibsystem.org]

Dear Colleagues,

I am posting this message to the Moving Mountains list to make those of
you involved in the Physical Delivery of Library Materials aware of a new
innovative RFP for services.

We hope to provide delivery services to over 500 libraries on nine
separate ILSs without delivery labels by using an external barcode to
communicate with the ILSs to determine the destination at the sort site. 
Such automated sorting also holds the promise of additional efficiencies
for participating libraries.  Several large library systems have
implemented such systems, e.g., King County and Seattle in Washington and
New York Public.  As far as we know, this would be the first multi-ILS
system.

We have been working for about a year in preparation for this RFP.  We
issued an RFI last year which received 17 responses from couriers and
distributors of automated materials handling systems.  We have attempted
to cover all the bases with the RFP and are happy to make the results of
our efforts available to the library community in this way.  If you have
thoughts on omissions or clarifications that will assist us in
negotiations or contracting, I'd love to hear them.

Our Request for Proposal (RFP) for Library Delivery and Sorting Services
for Massachusetts Libraries was issued July 15, 2010 by the Massachusetts
Library System, Inc. (MLS) 135 Beaver Street, Waltham, MA 02452. 
Responses are Due: 4:00 pm EDT, August 31, 2010.

Please visit our web site to download the RFP, respondent forms,
appendices, inquiry instructions, and related information.
http://wp.me/PXRJJ-3T

Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.

Thank you,
Greg

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Please note new contact information:

Gregory Pronevitz, Executive Director
Massachusetts Library System, Inc.
135 Beaver Street
Waltham, MA 02452
Voice 781-398-1819
Fax 781-398-1821

greg at masslibsystem.org
www.masslibsystem.org