Kudzu-Ops Mailing List: FW: ASERL seeks proposals for library courier services

[John Burger (jburger]

FYI.  Earlier today ASERL posted an RFP for a courier service to support our 
Kudzu program -- see www.aserl.org for the full text.  Thanks to Judy Greenwood 
(Ole Miss), James Harper (WFU), and Tracy Luna (U-Tenn) for their help in 
drafting the RFP.  

If you know vendors you can recommend for this service, please send their 
contact information my way.

Thanks!

--jeb

John Burger, Executive Director
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries
   ASERL
   c/o Georgia State University Library - Administration Suite LS7
   100 Decatur Street SE
   Atlanta, GA 30303-3202

   Telephone:  404-413-2896

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-----Original Message-----
From: John Burger 
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 9:38 AM
To: John Burger
Subject: ASERL seeks proposals for library courier services

ASERL Friends:

The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) has posted a Request 
For Proposals from experienced and highly-qualified vendors to provide 
expedited delivery of library materials between participating sites, five days 
per week, with a maximum time in transit between libraries of three business 
days.  The materials being shipped include books, magazines, photocopies, 
CDs/DVDs, videotape, and microfilm.  In 2014, these libraries shipped 
approximately 32,600 items to each other.

The full text of the RFP can be found at www.aserl.org, as well as a 
spreadsheet with information about delivery volumes.

TIMELINES
A) ASERL will host a public conference call to field questions from interested 
prospective vendors about this RFP at 2pm ET on April 2, 2015.  To participate 
in this call:
   ASERL CONFERENCE CALL INSTRUCTIONS
     1) Dial 605-477-2100
     2) Enter 463 532 when prompted for an Access Code

B) Written responses to this Request For Proposals must be submitted via email 
to ASERL's Executive Director (jburger [at] aserl.org) no later than 12pm ET on 
April 24, 2015.

C)  ASERL expects to develop a "short list" of prospective vendors on/about May 
20.  Discussions will continue with selected prospective vendors through early 
June, at which time a final selection will be made and a contract awarded.

D)  ASERL seeks to have services with the selected vendor commence 
approximately July 1, 2015.

Our thanks for your interest in supporting this important program.

--jeb

John Burger, Executive Director
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries
   ASERL
   c/o Georgia State University Library - Administration Suite LS7
   100 Decatur Street SE
   Atlanta, GA 30303-3202

   Telephone:  404-413-2896