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British Library
British Library has won 7 UK public sector awards from 4 buyers since 2015. The typical award is worth £25,500. It has published 309 tenders and contracts since 2015, 150 naming a winner.
as a buyer
309 procurement records (308 unique titles), of which 150 have award details , between 9 Jun 2015 and 9 Sept 2026.
as a supplier
7 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 | 2 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 1 |
| Sheffield City Council | 1 |
top suppliers
| supplier | awards | median |
|---|---|---|
| RDW Book and Paper Conservation Limited | 5 | £680,000 |
| Downie Allison Downie Ltd | 5 | £680,000 |
| ADi Audiovisual | 3 | · |
| Max Communications Ltd | 3 | £360,000 |
| Clay Interactive Limited | 3 | · |
| Q42 | 3 | £396,908 |
| Farcroft Restorations Ltd | 3 | £360,000 |
| The Bookends Bindery LTD | 3 | £360,000 |
| 213 Consulting | 2 | · |
| Anything is Possible | 2 | £1 |
| Bookends Bindery | 2 | £1,000,000 |
| Bell and Bain Limited | 2 | · |
what it buys
- business and professional services 61
- IT services 33
- 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
common questions about British Library
How many contracts has British Library published?
- British Library has published 309 procurement notices since 2015, of which 150 name a winning supplier.
Does British Library have any open tenders right now?
- British Library has no tenders open for bids right now.
Who are British Library's biggest suppliers?
- By number of contracts awarded, British Library's most frequent suppliers are RDW Book and Paper Conservation Limited, Downie Allison Downie Ltd and ADi Audiovisual.
How many public sector contracts has British Library won?
- British Library has won 7 UK public sector contracts from 4 public bodies since 2015.
Which public bodies buy from British Library?
- British Library has won the most contracts from University of the West of England, Derbyshire County Council and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
How large are British Library's contracts?
- The median published value of a contract won by British Library is £25,500. Framework ceilings are excluded, because they state a spending limit shared across many suppliers rather than a value one supplier received.
Which British Library contracts are expiring soon?
- 9 contracts involving British Library have end dates in the next 12 months, the earliest on 30 Sept 2026.
contracts expiring in the next 12 months
Contract end dates as published on the original notice. An end date is not a commitment to re-tender — a contract may be extended, varied or allowed to lapse — but it is the earliest public signal that work may come back to market.
| contract | role | counterparty | value | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB-West Yorks / London: RFI 001739 Legal Advice Services Framework | buys | · | · | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Supply of Library Management Systems & Associated Services | buys | Ex Libris (UK) Limited | £2,659,973 | 29 Nov 2026 |
| GB-London: 002204 AV Equipment and Production | buys | · | £500,000 | 31 Dec 2026 |
| GB-London: 002368 Apprenticeship Training Services | buys | · | £1,000,000 | 10 Feb 2027 |
| GB-London: BL Extension Project & Estates | buys | · | £1,000,000 | 31 Mar 2027 |
| British Library Boston Spa Building 33 Totes | buys | · | £3,000,000 | 31 Mar 2027 |
| British Library Security Systems Consultant | buys | BG Infotech Ltd | £648,776 | 31 Mar 2027 |
| 001998 Cataloguing In Publication Programme (CIP) | buys | Bibliographic Data Services Ltd | £440,000 | 31 Mar 2027 |
| 002092 Security Systems Maintenance | buys | Ze Global | £237,174 | 8 Sept 2027 |
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 |
| Supply of Inter-Library Loans | University Of The West Of England | £25,000 | 28 Jul 2021 |
| 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 |
| British Library call off order | University Of The West Of England | £26,000 | 30 Jul 2015 |
| PLACE149 Supply of Specialist Library Materials and Resources v 2 shared | Derbyshire County Council | · | 20 Sept 2022 |
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 | 146 |
| British Library | GB-PPON PCXZ-9362-XQJM | NW1 2DB | 137 |
| 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
where these figures come from
Every figure on this page is derived from notices published by Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The corpus runs from 17 Dec 2014 to 11 Sept 2026 and is refreshed from the publishers' own APIs through the working day.
Records are combined into one organisation on identifiers where publishers provide them — a Companies House number, a GB-PPON supplier id — and on exact normalised name and address where they do not. Never on address alone: one shared-service postcode carries 244 unrelated organisations. The 4 published records behind this page are listed above exactly as filed, so any merge can be checked.
Counts are of contracting processes, not published notices: a tender and its award notice are one contract, and are counted once. Values are medians, never totals, and exclude framework ceilings — a ceiling states a spending limit shared across every supplier on the framework, so adding them together produces a number no one ever spent. sources and coverage · how matching works
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