Lyrasis Subscription to BiblioBoard Library and PressBooks Products

The City of Jacksonville, Florida's Library department is soliciting a single-source purchase order with Lyrasis for a renewable subscription to BiblioBoard Library and Pressbooks under solicitation 18338-27, with responses due November 12, 2026 at 4:15 p.m. Eastern. Lyrasis is the sole source because it develops, sells, and distributes these products exclusively, with no authorized agents or dealers in the United States, and the justification cites Jacksonville Procurement Code sections 126.206 and 126.312. The Finance & Administration Department's Procurement Division administers the solicitation, and Dasha Herrin is the buyer of record.

Market research reviewed six Florida peer library systems and fifteen peers in other states. Three peers subscribe to the Lyrasis products, and the justification identifies no alternative offering comparable independent-author publishing or the ability for customers to post eBooks to a library catalog.

The scope covers BiblioBoard Library, a hosted platform providing unlimited simultaneous-use access to book, image, audio, and video content; Pressbooks, which enables authors to write, edit, format, design, and publish print and eBook works; and the Indie Author Project, which allows local writers to submit eBooks for catalog inclusion. Delivery is to 3435 University Boulevard North, Jacksonville, Florida 32277. The line item is categorized as Internet Database Subscriptions with a target price of $956.35. The supplier document describes the award as a renewal and names Jill Haile as incumbent.

The solicitation opened October 29, 2026 at 5:15 p.m. Eastern, with award to follow the November 12 close. Attachments include a Lyrasis sole source letter, BiblioBoard justification materials, a vendor quote, and a director-signed memo. Protests of award or bid rejection must be filed within 48 hours, and challenges to specifications within 10 business days, with the Chief of Procurement at 214 N. Hogan Street, 8th floor, or dustinf@coj.net. Protestants may seek administrative review by the Jacksonville Procurement Awards Committee within 48 hours of the Chief's written decision.