Automated Materials Handling System

The vendor is required to provide that automated materials handling (AMH) system must fully integrate into existing integrated library system (ILS), currently integrated library system, including all features and functions.
- The AMH system must be fully compatible with integrated library system ILS product adhering to or utilizing the sip2 protocol, or industry standard products, adhering to or utilizing the sip2 protocol or industry-standard protocol, and protocol, compatible with county ILS and county network infrastructure.
- Evaluation studies:
• Contractor shall participate as requested by the county in research and/or evaluative studies designed to show the effectiveness and/or efficiency of contractor services or to provide information about contractor’s project.
- Right to acquire equipment and services:
• Nothing in this agreement shall prohibit the county from acquiring the same type or equivalent equipment and/or service from other sources, when deemed by the county to be in its best interest.
- Responsibility for equipment
• County shall not be responsible nor be held liable for any damage to persons or property consequent upon the use, misuse, or failure of any equipment used by contractor or any of contractor’s employees, even though such equipment may be furnished, rented, or loaned to contractor by county.
• The acceptance or use of any such equipment by contractor or contractor’s employees shall be construed to mean that contractor accepts full responsibility for and agrees to exonerate, indemnify, and hold harmless county from and against any and all claims for any damage whatsoever resulting from the use, misuse, or failure of such equipment, whether such damage be to the employee or property of contractor, other contractors, county, or other persons.
• Equipment includes, but is not limited to material, computer hardware and software, tools, or other things.
- Non-expendable- property acquisition
• Contractor may not expend funds under this agreement for the acquisition of non-expendable property having a unit cost of $5,000 or more and a normal life expectancy of more than one year without the prior written approval of cor.
• Contractor shall maintain an inventory of non-expendable equipment, including dates of purchase and disposition of the property
• Inventory records on non-expendable equipment shall be retained, and shall be made available to the county upon request, for at least three years following date of disposition
• Non-expendable property that has value at the end of the agreement and to which the county may retain title under this paragraph, shall be disposed of at the end of the agreement as follows: at county’s option, it may:
1) Have contractor deliver to another county contractor or have another county contractor pick up the non-expendable property;
2) Allow contractor to retain the non-expendable property provided that contractor submits to the county a written statement in the format directed by the county of how the non-expendable property will be used for the public good; or
3) Direct the contractor to return to the county the non-expendable property.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: March 07, 2025