UK firm gets contract to supply Irish libraries

Three local authorities have been criticised over indications that a contract to supply library books will be granted to a British company.

UK firm gets contract to supply Irish libraries
Mon, 09 Apr, 2012 - 01:00
Noel Baker

South Dublin County Council, Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council, and Fingal County Council awarded the tender for adult fiction and adult non-fiction — worth €750,000 — to Bertram Library Services in Britain.

Irish library suppliers have warned it could cost jobs here while ministers and the National Procurement Agency are likely to receive letters of complaint over the process.

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