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# Secret Maps

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/secret-maps-ocds-h6vhtk-05046a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** British Library Board: "Secret Maps". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [British Library Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/british-library-board-GB-PPON-PCXZ-9362-XQJM)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - unknown
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £12,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/secret-maps-ocds-h6vhtk-05046a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05046a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/secret-maps-ocds-h6vhtk-05046a#tl-md)

## Description
Secret Maps will explore the relationship between mapping and secrecy in a global context between the 9th and 21st centuries. It is an exhibition about how and why, contrary to their modern appreciation as things which openly provide knowledge of the world, maps have been utilised by governments, armies, businesses, organisations, communities and individuals in the withholding of all kinds of spatial knowledge.    
 The exhibition will explore what types of spatial information (from hidden treasure to personal data) have been subject to attempts at secrecy. It will consider whether historical control of spatial information has influenced how the world is perceived, and whether, in an age where spatial data is routinely shared and democratised, it is easier or more difficult to keep a secret today.  
 We require an AV contractor to join the team to produce four films for the exhibition. 
The filmmaker/contractor will be expected to collaborate with the appointed 3D design team and AV hardware contractor to ensure seamless co-ordination. This will be by e-mail, video call, telephone call or in person meetings and managed by the British Library team.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 92111310
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Chocolate Films**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-176364`
  - Value: £12,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Secret Maps (active)
  - Signed Value: £12,000
  - Signed Date: 15/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015709-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-17T05:59:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T05:23:55.331Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05046a