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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
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Preservica
£5m
- 2
Revels Office Ltd
2 winslatest 10 Sept 2025£61,700
- 3
ADI Audio Visual
2 winslatest 03 Apr 2025£48,850
- 4
Bell & Bain Limited
2 winslatest 18 Mar 2025£26,466
- 5
Chocolate Films
2 winslatest 17 Apr 2025£22,000
- 6
MANIFESTO DIGITAL LIMITED
£5m
- 7
DOWNIE ALLISON DOWNIE LIMITED
£1m
- 8
MAX COMMUNICATIONS LTD
£1m
- 9
RDW BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION LIMITED
£1m
- 10
THE BOOKENDS BINDERY LTD
£1m
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Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (76)
002669 Event host
002669 Event Host-VE Assistant To welcome and assist visitors attending events or other activities at the British Library Knowledge Centre or other British Library spaces.
Digital hub for BIPC
Create a new website for the British Library's Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC).
002625 Secret maps exhibition - build tender
Appointment to deliver services providing the Exhibition Build element of the forthcoming British Library temporary exhibition Secret Maps (Title tbc) which will be held in the PAC
002656 Equals consulting to provide PM & CA services - FEH platform lift project
Equals Consulting to provide PM & CA services - FEH platform lift project. Carry out works to install a new platform lift in the Main Entrance Hall at St Pancras to make it more ac
002651 Internal door refurbishment
002651 Internal door refurbishment. To collect 4 pairs of American white oak doors from STP site and take to specialist joinery works for faces to be sanded off and re-veneered.
002649 Improvements to the accessible public toilet at st pancras
Refurbishment of an accessible public toilet in the front entrance hall at the British Library's St Pancras site
Dell compellent support
Dell Compellent Support 16/5/25-11/6/26 Contract value ex VAT £20,240.00 Contract value Inc VAT (x1.2) £24,288.00 Contract start date 16/5/25 Contract end date 11/6/26
002650 NLA licence renewal
NLA Licence Renewal-The NLA works on behalf of UK publishers to license organisations to make paper & digital copies of newspaper, magazine & news website content.
002493 Exhibition design services for fairy tales
Exhibition Design Services for Fairy Tales-Design and build
002648 Repairs to asphalt roof covering L5 / zone 3
The repair works include the uplifting of concrete paving slabs to expose the defective areas of roof covering and repairing the asphalt and replacing mineral felt overlay on the n
Recruitment of the interim director of technology
Recruitment of the interim Director of Technology work
Digital advertising and website management services
Digital Advertising and Website management services in order to sufficiently market the British Library shop and retail offerings. Website/SEO/Retainer Marketing
002522 Estates maintenance
Preliminary market engagement for this contract has closed - see Engagement process description' for details The Library is seeking to appoint a professional supplier to fulfil its
002611 Supply, delivery, installation & on-site maintenance of digitisation scanning equipment
The purpose of this tender is to procure a suite of brand-new digitisation equipment to support the high-quality, high-speed digital capture of a wide range of archival and heritag
002631 Security review
Access control and electionc security systems Perimeter security collection security on site security emergency preparedness and crisis management insider threat assessment
Executive search partner FOR interim people director
EXECUTIVE SEARCH PARTNER FOR INTERIM PEOPLE DIRECTOR £10,200
Adobe MP various items
Adobe MP various items £30,467.63
RHEL subscription part no RH01157
RHEL Subscription part no RH01157 £25,141.14
English short title catalogue (ESTC)
English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), migration of the ESTC. Maintenance and development of the ESTC database in AMPLE
Aleph alma data feeds
Alma data feeds. ISBN Agency, providing unique identifiers for both print and electronic monograph publications.