Orange County Library District

Buyer seeks a unified discovery layer to enhance user experience, improve searchability, and integrate with their existing integrated library system. The solution must provide an intuitive interface, robust search functionality, and user-friendly features for accessing physical and digital resources. Buyer serves a community of over 1.4 million people with 15 physical locations in Orange County, Florida, with two additional locations in process.

• 5/6/2025 - Question Submission Deadline
• 5/13/2025 - Responses to Questions Posted
• 6/10/2025 - Proposal Due Date
• 6/25/2025 - RFPs Evaluated
• 6/27/2025 - VENDORs Short-Listed
• 7/21/2025 - Short-Listed VENDOR Presentations
• 8/14/2025 - Board of Trustees Ranking
• 8/22/2025 - Tentative Contract Award
• 8/29/2025 - Contract Start Date

• Complies with Florida Division of Corporations registration requirements
• Experience with comparable discovery platform implementations
• Ability to provide references from similar projects

• Provide relevancy-ranked search results with faceted browsing and predictive search
• Implement unified indexing of print and electronic holdings
• Support FRBRized search results with live item status information
• Deliver a cloud-based, responsive design solution with accessibility features
• Enable patron account management including checkout/hold management and bill payment
• Support non-MARC metadata, BIBFRAME, and linked data
• Create customized content carousels and promotional integrations for browsing
• Provide analytics tools for patron search and engagement behaviors
• Support the library's current Home Delivery workflow
• Integrate with Sierra ILS and provide smooth migration path