buyer and supplier
British Library
as a buyer
293 procurement records (292 unique titles), of which 117 have award details , between 9 Jun 2015 and 23 Jul 2026.
as a supplier
6 recorded awards from 4 buyers , between 30 Jul 2015 and 6 Dec 2023.
“Exclusive” means this organisation was the only one awarded under that procurement; the rest were shared with other suppliers, typically on a framework.
sells to
| buyer | awards |
|---|---|
| University of the West of England | 3 |
| Derbyshire County Council | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 1 |
| Sheffield City Council | 1 |
top suppliers
| supplier | awards | median |
|---|---|---|
| RDW Book and Paper Conservation Limited | 3 | £360,000 |
| Max Communications Ltd | 3 | £360,000 |
| Downie Allison Downie Ltd | 3 | £360,000 |
| The Bookends Bindery LTD | 3 | £360,000 |
| Farcroft Restorations Ltd | 3 | £360,000 |
| J. And J. Negus Limited | 2 | £500,000 |
| Conservation by Design Limited | 2 | · |
| Bell and Bain Limited | 2 | · |
| ADI Audiovisual | 2 | · |
| Chocolate Films | 2 | · |
| 213 Consulting | 2 | · |
| Buro Happold Limited | 2 | £353,660 |
what it buys
- business and professional services 61
- IT services 32
- software and information systems 17
- printing and publishing 15
- education and training 8
- research and development 8
- communications equipment 6
- culture, sport and recreation 6
- laboratory and precision equipment 4
- catering, hotels and retail 4
contracts won
| contract | buyer | value | awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living Knowledge Network | Sheffield City Council | £2,500 | 6 Dec 2023 |
| PLACE149 Supply of Specialist Library Materials and Resources v 2 shared | Derbyshire County Council | £411,839 | 31 Mar 2022 |
| RBGKEW/862 Institutional repository | ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW | £41,200 | 1 Dec 2020 |
| Inter-Library Loans | University Of The West Of England | £25,000 | 23 Jul 2019 |
| Supply of Inter-Library Loans | University Of The West Of England | £25,000 | 9 Sept 2018 |
| British Library call off order | University Of The West Of England | £26,000 | 30 Jul 2015 |
every contract won by British Library →
contracts published
every contract published by British Library →
as published
This page combines 4 separate records from the source data. Every one is listed below exactly as the publisher filed it, so you can check the grouping yourself.
| name as published | identifier | postcode | records |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Library | · | NW1 2DB | 145 |
| British Library | GB-PPON PCXZ-9362-XQJM | NW1 2DB | 121 |
| British Library | GB-SRS sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/suAk6BQF | LS23 7BQ | 30 |
| The British Library | GB-SRS sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/bZYG63wX | LS23 7BQ | 3 |
why these were combined
- identical name and address · LS237BQ 1
- identical name and address · NW12DB 1
- identical name · british library 1
Matching uses organisation identifiers where publishers provide them, falling back to name and address. Records are never combined on address alone, because one shared-service postcode carries 244 different organisations. how this works