Public sector buyers · United Kingdom
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.
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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