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British Library

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Total contracts

76

Known spend

£213m

74 disclosed

Average value

£3m

Per contract

Active suppliers

10

Last 5 years

Open0Awarded66Closed5

Top suppliers

Last 5 years
  1. 1

    Preservica

    2 winslatest 11 Feb 2026CH 07998621

    £5m

  2. 2

    Revels Office Ltd

    2 winslatest 10 Sept 2025

    £61,700

  3. 3

    ADI Audio Visual

    2 winslatest 03 Apr 2025

    £48,850

  4. 4

    Bell & Bain Limited

    2 winslatest 18 Mar 2025

    £26,466

  5. 5

    Chocolate Films

    2 winslatest 17 Apr 2025

    £22,000

  6. 6

    MANIFESTO DIGITAL LIMITED

    1 winlatest 24 Jul 2026CH 07885631

    £5m

  7. 7

    DOWNIE ALLISON DOWNIE LIMITED

    1 winlatest 19 Mar 2026CH SC274269

    £1m

  8. 8

    MAX COMMUNICATIONS LTD

    1 winlatest 19 Mar 2026CH 03803572

    £1m

  9. 9

    RDW BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION LIMITED

    1 winlatest 19 Mar 2026CH 11698199

    £1m

  10. 10

    THE BOOKENDS BINDERY LTD

    1 winlatest 19 Mar 2026CH 10996476

    £1m

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All contracts (76)

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ocds-h6vhtk-067a39 · award

002653 British library future WEB programme

British Library Board
London

It is the British Library's intention to Award this contract for the provision of digital product development services to support the British Library's Future Web Programme. The ap

£Up to £5,090,000
⏱ 27 Apr 2026
Posted · 2mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06aff1 · award

002837 End of project evaluation - BIPC london locals - kickstart your business

British Library Board
London

End of project Evaluation for the British Library's Business & IP Centre (BIPC) London Locals - 'Kickstart Your Business' campaign

£Up to £28,816
⏱ 26 Jun 2026
Posted · 3mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06bfc4 · tender

002777 Footfall counters for corporate reporting

British Library
London

To procure and implement a reliable visitor counting system and automate the collection and reporting of visitor counting data and make it available instantly as business intellige

£Up to £80,000
⏱ 22 Jul 2026
Posted · 3mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06af9e · planning

002834 RFI british library non-print legal deposit ejournal articles supply service

British Library
London

On behalf of the Legal Deposit Libraries (LDLs), the British Library invites organisations operating within the digital preservation, scholarly publishing, metadata management and

£Up to £600,000
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06ad2b · planning

British library consultancy support

British Library
London

he British Library require specialist consultancy support to assist them in gaining a better understanding the Defined Contribution Pension market and their options going forward i

£On request
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06a036 · tender

002830 Audience discovery & design: insights for research and culture at the british library

British Library
London

To gather insights that will help the British Library understand how we can best serve the emerging needs of researchers and culture audiences in the UK. We wish to speak to existi

£Up to £110,000
⏱ 10 Jun 2026
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0600dd · award

002713 British library conservation, bindery & enclosures framework

British Library Board
London

The British Library is establishing a framework arrangement with suppliers who can demonstrate their capability in providing high quality conservation and binding services to Libra

££180,000 — £1,260,000
⏱ 2 Feb 2026
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06984a · planning

002817 RFI - saas managed file transer (MFT) solution

British Library
London

The British Library’s current fragmented transfer mechanisms are inefficient and does not meet our current needs. We are seeking a SaaS Managed File Transfer (MFT) platform to prov

£On request
Posted · 5mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05f836 · award

002736 British library CCTV upgrade

British Library Board
London

Supply state-of-the-art IP CCTV cameras to upgrade the British Library's legacy camera equipment.

£Up to £182,739
⏱ 23 Jan 2026
Posted · 7mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05f74a · award

002750 Living knowledge network portable activity unit

British Library Board
London

The British Library has appointed a supplier to design and produce a portable activity units to hold and display all accompanying resources for Living Knowledge Network (LKN) panel

£Up to £59,500
⏱ 23 Jan 2026
Posted · 7mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-065f57 · planning

002653 Tender for british library future web programme

British Library
London

The British Library will imminently be seeking suppliers for our Future Web Programme. The programme seeks to implement a blended model product team comprised of British Library st

£Up to £5,090,000
Posted · 7mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-058286 · award

002604 Digital preservation repository

British Library Board
London

A commercial Digital Preservation Repository solution with capabilities for large scale acquisition and preservation of the British Library's digital collection content.

£Up to £2,398,500
⏱ 29 Sept 2025
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-059137 · award

002652 Shared repository service

British Library Board
London

The British Library was seeking suppliers for the Shared Repository Service (https://iro.bl.uk/) for its next phase of operation from 1.1.2026 - 31.3.2029. During this period, the

£Up to £296,650
⏱ 30 Sept 2025
Posted · 9mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-058af9 · award

Exhibition display showcases

British Library Board
London

The British Library was seeking suppliers for to procure a suite of brand-new Government Indemnity Scheme compliant display showcases which will be used in our gallery spaces to di

£Up to £144,901
⏱ 15 Sept 2025
Posted · 10mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05ae64 · award

002641 Project management of the digital preservation repository project

British Library
London

Project management for the successful implementation of a digital preservation and storage repository. The engagement includes full project delivery, procurement support, vendor co

£Up to £111,000
Posted · 12mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05a99d · award

002723 Fairy tales project management services

British Library
London

Fairy Tales Project Management Services, manage build.

£Up to £15,125
Posted · 12mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05a770 · award

Organisational change consultant

British Library
London

Organisational Change Consultant to assist in the management of a broad programme of improvement and transformational change at the British Library

£Up to £84,000
Posted · 12mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05a6f2 · award

002560 AV software contractor

British Library
London

Editing of: 5x interviews in 9-16, approx 2mins each All with subtitles, progress indicators, looping, addition ofBSL interpreter on bottom corner of screen.

£Up to £8,745
Posted · 12mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05a623 · award

002698 Star-filetrail system

British Library
London

Contract for the licensing of a database system, to manage and track physical corporate records held in the Library's Records Centre. Plus work to reinstate the system following th

£Up to £87,569
Posted · 12mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-059fd5 · award

002703 BIPC marketing

British Library
London

BIPC Marketing-As BIPC marks its 20th year in 2026, there is a requirement for a video campaign, celebrating that legacy whilst looking forward.

£Up to £10,000
Posted · 12mo agoView details →