Mobile Library Tenders Not Accepted
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RREPORTS of difficulty in securing quotations for the supply of a mobile library vehicle have led to the withdrawal of a tender recommendation to Hertfordshire Education Committee. The tender had been •made by the Hertford Motor Co., Ltd., for the supply of a mobile library at a cost of £2,732 4s. A report of the finance sub-committee stated that a sum of £2,500 had been included in the current year's estimates for the purchase of a new vehicle.
The Hertford Motor Co., Ltd., which has supplied four rural mobile libraries n18
and the other library vehicles now in use, submitted five quotations of which the lowest, from King and Taylor, Ltd., Godalming, was recommended for acceptance.
The report stated that the estimate was based on vehicles formerly supplied, but prices had since risen and builders of the mobile libraries said that they could not build another vehicle at the same price. The Hertford Motor Co., Ltd., had encountered some difficulty in obtaining prices because not many concerns wanted to take on the work.