Specifications include, but are not limited to: 4.1 The Contractor shall be actively engaged in the regular wholesale book trade business for a period of five (5) years or more and will carry a general stock of publications. 4.2 The Contractor shall be currently supplying books on contractual basis with at least five (5) public libraries serving communities with populations of 250,000 or more. Customer references must be submitted as required in the Reference Sheet. 4.3 The Contractor shall be actively engaged in selecting, cataloging, processing, and other related services for a period of five (5) or more years. 4.3.1 The Contractor shall employ sufficient selection, cataloging, and processing staff to meet the demands of this contract. Staff assigned to catalog and process materials for APL must be comparable to other Library systems similar in size. 4.3.2 The Contractor shall provide a minimum of (5) references for which the Contractor has supplied comparable services. Customer references shall all be submitted with bid proposal. 4.3.3 The Contractor’s cataloging services, and collection development units shall be managed by staff members with ALA accredited Master of Library Science/Information Science degree and have significant professional experience in their fields. A copy of the accreditations will need to be provided to the City within five business days upon request to the contract manager. APL requires a contract for all of the categories of books, including, but not limited to: • new adult/juvenile trade hardcover • new adult/juvenile trade/quality paperback • new adult/juvenile mass market • new technical books, and • new university press books which are currently in print and available to trade (publishers, jobbers, etc.) including those specifically noted below.
