British Library Board: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 5 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
134 awarded tenders, 123 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
72 IT services: consulting, software, internet7 procedures · 5%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting5 procedures · 3%38 Laboratory, optical and precision3 procedures · 2%92 Recreational, cultural and sporting3 procedures · 2%39 Furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances2 procedures · 1%48 Software package and information systems2 procedures · 1%50 Repair and maintenance services2 procedures · 1%22 Printed matter and related products1 procedures · 1%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 145 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract99%(143 notices)
143 of 145 notices are Contract (99%).Framework1%(2 notices)
2 of 145 notices are Framework (1%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Limited / restricted48%(69 notices)
69 of 145 notices are Limited / restricted (48%).Route not published21%(31 notices)
31 of 145 notices are Route not published (21%).Direct award19%(28 notices)
28 of 145 notices are Direct award (19%).Open10%(14 notices)
14 of 145 notices are Open (10%).Selective2%(3 notices)
3 of 145 notices are Selective (2%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 5 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 7 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 145 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 5 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Clay Interactive Limited | 3 | 2.2% | 3 | 3 | — |
| Bell and Bain | 3 | 2.2% | 3 | 3 | — |
| ADI Audiovisual | 3 | 2.2% | 3 | 3 | — |
| SETWORKS LIMITED | 2 | 1.5% | 2 | 2 | — |
| ADI Audio Visual Ltd | 2 | 1.5% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Revels Office Ltd | 2 | 1.5% | 2 | 2 | — |
| J&J Negus Ltd t/a Genus | 2 | 1.5% | 2 | 2 | 15 Jul 2025 |
| NLA Media Access Limited | 2 | 1.5% | 2 | 2 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 7% of 134 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 123 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| 002653 BRITISH LIBRARY FUTURE WEB PROGRAMME | Manifesto Digital Limited | 24 Jul 2026 | 2.5 yrs · up to 4.5 yrs | £5,090,000 ≈ £2.0m/yr |
| 002604 Digital Preservation Repository | Preservica Ltd | 22 Dec 2025 | 6 yrs · up to 11 yrs | £2,398,500 ≈ £400k/yr |
| Microsoft 365 Licences | Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited (MIOL) | — | 3 yrs | £1,781,143 ≈ £594k/yr |
| 002562 Off-site Storage and retrieval of Master Negative Microfilm Collection | The British Film Institute | — | 5 yrs · up to 10 yrs | £550,000 † ≈ £110k/yr |
| 002642 SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND ON-SITE MAINTENANCE OF DIGITISATION STUDIOS SCANNING EQUIPMENT | J&J Negus Ltd t/a Genus | 15 Jul 2025 | 3.2 yrs · up to 10.2 yrs | £500,000 ≈ £158k/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
Published end dates only · 134 of 134 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| AGATHA CHRISTIE EXHIBTION DESIGN SERVICES | Easy Tiger Creative Ltd | 23 Oct 2026 | £65,040 |
| 002831 Graphic Panel Production for Living Knowledge Network Agatha Christie Exhibition | STYLOGRAPHICS LIMITED | 30 Oct 2026 | £53,350 |
| 002821 External Board Effectiveness review | Menzies LLP | 30 Oct 2026 | £15,400 |
| 002560 AV SOFTWARE CONTRACTOR | Laurie Garnons | 31 Oct 2026 | £8,745 |
| 002690 Fairy Tales Transport Procurement | Constantine Ltd | 31 Oct 2026 | £33,755 |
| 002738 Registered Building Controller for BSR | Bureau Veritas | 31 Oct 2026 | £34,750 |
| 002837 End of Project Evaluation - BIPC London Locals - Kickstart Your Business | Thrive Economics Ltd | 31 Oct 2026 | £28,816 |
| RECRUITMENT SERVICES | Osborne Thomas Ltd | 18 Dec 2026 | £46,800 |
| HR Optimisation Review | Osborne Thomas Ltd | 21 Dec 2026 | £49,975 |
| 002830 Audience Discovery & Design : Insight for Research & Culture at the British Library | DJS Research Ltd | 20 Jan 2027 | £110,000 |
Soonest 10 of 41 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 145 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| 002804 Two Director Roles | Awarded / complete | 30 Apr 2026 | — |
| 002721 BOSTON SPA RENEWED - FOYLE VIEWING GALLERY INTERPRETATION PROJECT | Awarded / complete | 24 Apr 2026 | — |
| 002562 Off-site Storage and retrieval of Master Negative Microfilm Collection | Awarded / complete | 24 Apr 2026 | — |
| 002792 Reconstruction of Copyright Zoning and Creator Information | Awarded / complete | 23 Apr 2026 | — |
| Sony Electricals | Awarded / complete | 22 Apr 2026 | — |
| Exhibition Epson projector and Lens | Awarded / complete | 22 Apr 2026 | — |
| 002802 CEO Recruitment project | Awarded / complete | 22 Apr 2026 | — |
| HPE Aruba 6200F 24G Class4 PoE 4SFP+370W Switch | Awarded / complete | 19 Mar 2026 | — |
| Print,bind and deliver copies of BL publication Shadoes over Cymru | Awarded / complete | 19 Mar 2026 | — |
| VMware Cloud Foundation | Awarded / complete | 19 Mar 2026 | — |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 134 of 134 published contracts state an end date; those feed “Contracts ending”.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.