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British Library Board
Procurement profile ↓Public sector tenders and awarded contracts from British Library Board, tracked by Skim across every UK and EU procurement portal.
- Live opportunities
- 0
- Awarded contracts
- 54
- Total awarded value
- £13,727,865
- Country
- United Kingdom
Procurement pipeline
54 published notices
- Awarded
- 54100%
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The people who scope, score and sign contracts at British Library Board — names, roles and how to reach them.
Showing 24 of 24 on this page. 0 live and 54 awarded in total.
PORTFOLIO & PROJECT MANAGEMENT (PPM) TOOL
Won by GENERATION DIGITAL SOFTWARE LIMITED
Awarded 22 June 2026
002831 Graphic Panel Production for Living Knowledge Network Agatha Christie Exhibition
Won by STYLOGRAPHICS LIMITED
Awarded 22 June 2026
002829 NLA Licence Renewal
Won by NLA media access Ltd
Awarded 3 June 2026
002787: AGATHA CHRISTIE: A WORLD OF MYSTERY TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS BUILD PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR
Won by SETWORKS LIMITED
Awarded 12 May 2026
002785 Exhibition Design Services (2D and 3D) for Normans
Won by NISSEN RICHARDS STUDIO LIMITED
Awarded 12 May 2026
002738 Registered Building Controller for BSR
Won by BUREAU VERITAS UK LIMITED
Awarded 6 May 2026
002797 AV Brief for BLOT
Won by STAND + STARE LTD
Awarded 30 April 2026
002789 Agatha Christie Exhibition PR campaign
Won by SAM TALBOT LIMITED
Awarded 27 April 2026
002562 Off-site Storage and retrieval of Master Negative Microfilm Collection
Won by British Film Institute
Awarded 31 March 2026
002713 British Library Conservation, Bindery & Enclosures Framework
Won by DOWNIE ALLISON DOWNIE LIMITED
Awarded 19 March 2026
002736 British Library CCTV Upgrade
Won by INTEGRATED SECURITY DESIGN LIMITED
Awarded 27 February 2026
VMware Cloud Foundation
Won by PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED
Awarded 30 January 2026
002768 Employee Engagement Survey
Won by The Survey Initiative
Awarded 29 January 2026
002628 Website redevelopment, hosting and support of the IDP Website
Won by Surface Impression Limited
Awarded 23 January 2026
002635 Supply Delivery Installation & On site Maintenance of digitisation studios advanced imaging system
Won by MICROBOX GmbH
Awarded 16 January 2026
002604 Digital Preservation Repository
Won by PRESERVICA LTD
Awarded 22 December 2025
002734 British Library IT Applications Skills Development
Won by Happy Computers Ltd
Awarded 16 December 2025
002733 AV Hardware Consultation, Installation and Deinstallation Services for Agatha Christie Exhibition
Won by ADI Audiovisual
Awarded 15 December 2025
002652 Shared Repository Service
Won by 4Science S.p.A.
Awarded 17 November 2025
002690 Fairy Tales Transport Procurement
Won by CONSTANTINE LIMITED
Awarded 7 November 2025
002688 Cyber Security Testing Services
Won by COMMISSUM ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Awarded 31 October 2025
002719 Agatha Christie AV Software
Won by CLAY INTERACTIVE LIMITED
Awarded 30 October 2025
002619 Support and Maintenance of the IDP Website Infrastructure
Won by 4D SAS
Awarded 16 October 2025
002427 Social Media Monitoring Tool
Won by MELTWATER (UK) LIMITED
Awarded 8 October 2025
Procurement profile
What British Library Board has awarded over the last five years, from 141 award notices.
Awarded value each year
In GBP, from awards with a published value
2022
0 awards
2023
0 awards
2024
1 award
2025
76 awards
2026*
64 awards
Awards per year under each year. *2026 to date
Key figures
- Median contract value
- £29,041
- Last 3 years
- Typical contract length
- 6 months
- Median, last 3 years
- Suppliers used
- 135
- Last 3 years
- Awards to SMEs
- 79%
- As declared in notices
Top suppliers
By awarded value, last 3 years, framework panels excluded
- MANIFESTO DIGITAL LIMITED£5.1m
1 award · 32.5% of value
- Preservica Ltd£2.4m
1 award · 15.3% of value
- Buro Happold Limited£759k
2 awards · 4.8% of value
- SETWORKS LIMITED£603k
2 awards · 3.8% of value
- J. AND J. NEGUS LIMITED£565k
2 awards · 3.6% of value
- British Film Institute£550k
1 award · 3.5% of value
- J&J Negus Ltd t/a Genus£500k
1 award · 3.2% of value
- 4Science S.p.A.£297k
1 award · 1.9% of value
What they buy
Awards by CPV division, last 3 years
- Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security44
- IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support28
- Recreational, cultural and sporting services24
- Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services9
- Software package and information systems7
- Construction work5
How they buy
Procedure behind each award, last 3 years
- Limited competition52%
- Direct award21%
- Not stated19%
- Open procedure6%
- Framework call-off1%
- Restricted or competitive1%
When they award
Awards by calendar month, last 3 years. Busiest: March
| January | 5 |
|---|---|
| February | 8 |
| March | 25 |
| April | 11 |
| May | 10 |
| June | 12 |
| July | 17 |
| August | 14 |
| September | 13 |
| October | 14 |
| November | 6 |
| December | 6 |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
32 contracts, worth £3,860,420
Soonest first, by recorded end date, not counting extension options
- 002891 RECRUITMENT SERVICES
Ends 18 December 2026 · held by OSBORNE THOMAS LIMITED · £47k
- HR Optimisation Review
Ends 21 December 2026 · held by OSBORNE THOMAS LIMITED · £50k
- 002830 Audience Discovery & Design : Insight for Research & Culture at the British Library
Ends 20 January 2027 · held by DJS Research Ltd · £110k
29 more contracts end by November 2027
Incumbent, value and end date for every contract British Library Board has ending, with an alert when it starts re-procuring.
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