002619 Support and Maintenance of the IDP Website Infrastructure

Official notice

Authority: British Library (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£136,450published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 17 Oct 2025no call for competition

Awarded to 4D SAS

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Support and maintenance for the IDP 4D database utilised by the British Library as the repository for the 50,000 records from Dunhuang and other sites of the Eastern Silk Roads to be stored and made freely available online.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSME

Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

72415000 World wide web (www) site operation host services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Direct award
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 28 Jan 2026, 13:54 GMT
Last source update: 13 Feb 2026, 10:22 GMT
Authority reference: 002619
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-013271
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0610f6 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: Absence of competition for technical reasons and that there are no
reasonable alternatives

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

11 Feb 2026 → 13 Feb 2026 · 2 dates

Standstill ends258 days ago
11 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice published257 days ago
13 Feb 2026, 10:22 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jan 2026

Transparency notice published
28 Jan 2026, 13:54 GMT
UK5
Contract award notice published
2 Feb 2026, 14:26 GMT
UK6
Contract signature expected
12 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
13 Feb 2026, 10:22 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £136,4501 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 12 Feb 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
4D SAS12 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2029	£136,450	17 Oct 2025	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · 4D SAS
Signed
12 Feb 2026
Value
£136,450
Period
13 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2029
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: Below the threshold

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

British Library Board

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PCXZ-9362-XQJM 96 Euston Road, London, London, NW1 2DBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

4D SASAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PXQW-4267-RQMJ 66 Route de Sartrouville Parc des Erables - Batiment 4 - rdc gauche Parc des Erables - Batiment 4 - rdc gauche, Le Pecq, FR, 78230, FRContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender13 Feb 2026, 10:22 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender2 Feb 2026, 14:26 GMT
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender28 Jan 2026, 13:54 GMT