British Library: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
GOV.UK register: Executive non-departmental public body·Greater London·London
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
16 awarded tenders, 25 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
72 IT services: consulting, software, internet2 procedures · 67%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting1 procedures · 33%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 3 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract100%(3 notices)
3 of 3 notices are Contract (100%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open100%(3 notices)
3 of 3 notices are Open (100%).
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 3 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| University of London | 2 | 12.5% | 0 | 2 | — |
| Tessitura Network | 2 | 12.5% | 0 | 2 | — |
| Anything Is Possible Media Limited | 1 | 6.3% | 0 | 2 | — |
| DK Agencies | 1 | 6.3% | 0 | 1 | — |
| AKA UK | 1 | 6.3% | 0 | 1 | — |
| Altair Media Ltd | 1 | 6.3% | 0 | 1 | — |
| Influence Digital Limited | 1 | 6.3% | 0 | 1 | — |
| BG Infotech Ltd | 1 | 6.3% | 0 | 1 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 31% of 16 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 25 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
12 of 17 contracts carry an end date, 10 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION PRGRAMME (CIP) | Bibliographic Data Services Ltd | 6 Mar 2027 estimated | £440,000 |
| British Library Security Systems Consultant | BG Infotech Ltd | 31 Mar 2027 | £648,776 |
| 002162 Digital Advertising and Specialist Marketing Support Framework | Anything Is Possible Media Limited | 9 Nov 2027 estimated | £16,000,000 |
| Digital Advertising and Specialist Marketing Support Framework | 23RED LIMITED, AKA UK, Altair Media Ltd +6 | 1 Dec 2027 estimated | £4,000,000 |
Recent procedures
Latest 42 of 42 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| 002511 Non -Print Legal Deposit Publisher (NPLD) PortalIT services: consulting | Open | 20 Feb 2025 | £350,000 |
| 002534 Living Knowledge Network exhibitionFair and exhibition organisation services | Cancelled | 16 Jan 2025 | £20,000 |
| 002505 Shared Repository ServiceIT services: consulting | Open | 20 Dec 2024 | £415,000 |
| 002092 Security Systems MaintenanceRepair and maintenance services of video equipment | Awarded / complete | 11 Dec 2024 | £2,000,000 |
| British Library Security Systems ConsultantSystems consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 11 Dec 2024 | £625,000 |
| 002434 British Library Web Foundations ProjectWeb page editing software development services | Awarded / complete | 25 Nov 2024 | £400,000 |
| British Library Estates Maintenance Services - Market EngagementBuilding and facilities management services | Planned | 10 Sept 2024 | £49,000,000 |
| 002388 Audio Visual Freelance Technician SupplierEvent services | Open | 6 Sept 2024 | £300,000 |
| British Library Electronic Key Management System UpgradeSecurity equipment | Open | 8 Aug 2024 | £225,000 |
| 002380 British Library What's On WebsiteComputer-aided design (CAD) software development services | Open | 2 Jul 2024 | £120,000 |
| 002350 British Library Audience Map and Segmentation Development ProjectMarket research services | Awarded / complete | 14 May 2024 | £130,000 |
| British Library Security Systems ConsultantSystems consultancy services | Open | 1 May 2024 | £625,000 |
| 002162 Digital Advertising and Specialist Marketing Support FrameworkAdvertising campaign services | Awarded / complete | 8 Apr 2024 | £4,000,000 |
| Netcat 002 - Ethos RecordsPrinted books | Awarded / complete | 19 Dec 2023 | £40,000 |
| British Library Boston Spa Building 33 TotesPlastic products | Open | 15 Dec 2023 | £3,000,000 |
| Cyber Security SupportTechnical support services | Awarded / complete | 5 Dec 2023 | — |
| 01999 Netcat 001 (English Language Monographs)Printed books | Open | 13 Sept 2023 | £140,000 |
| 002189 British Library Technology Service PartnerIT services: consulting | Open | 10 Aug 2023 | £1,400,000 |
| 002214 RFI Consolidated Broadcast and TV Capture ServiceTelevision and radio broadcast transmission services | Planned | 8 Aug 2023 | £10,000 |
| 002182 British Library Print Contract (1) Litho & Digital (2) Large-format PrintingBespoke printed matter | Open | 17 Jul 2023 | £450,000 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 12 of 17 published contracts have an end date; 10 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.