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Public sector contracts from British Library
10 of its contracts end in the next 18 months. Get its new tenders, and see who holds the work now.
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- Awards, last 12 months
- 73
- Awards since 2021
- 78
- Distinct suppliers
- £27k
- Median contract value
- 10
- Ending in 18 months
Hatched quarters fall only partly inside the next 18 months. Busiest whole quarter: Q4 2027.
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- 3 contracts end in the next 6 months
No contract awards published in the last 12 months; 73 since 2021 from 78 suppliers.
British Library at a glance
Its most active procurement category is business and professional services.
Bell and Bain Limited appears most frequently, holding 3 awards.
The median published contract value is £27k (73 contracts state a value).
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Awards per quarter
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10 contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Contract end dates are published in the original award notices. A contract approaching its end date is a re-tender with a date on it, and the point at which a buyer is most open to a conversation.
| Contract | Incumbent | Value | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| 001998 Cataloguing In Publication Programme (CIP) | Bibliographic Data Services Ltd | £440k | 31 Mar 2027in 5 months |
| British Library Security Systems Consultant | BG Infotech Ltd | £649k | 31 Mar 2027in 5 months |
| 002641 Project Management of the Digital Preservation Repository Project | Preserve Together Limited | £111k | 5 Apr 2027in 5 months |
| 002092 Security Systems Maintenance | Ze Global | £237k | 8 Sept 2027in 10 months |
| British Library Ticketing and Customer Journey Solution | Tessitura Network | £394k | 31 Dec 2027in 1 year 2 months |
| 002087 Media Buying Advertising and Planning Framework | Anything is Possible Media Ltd | £16.0m | 31 Dec 2027in 1 year 2 months |
| 002162 Digital Advertising and Specialist Marketing Support Framework | 9 suppliers (framework) | £1 | 31 Dec 2027in 1 year 2 months |
| AUDIENCE RESEARCH | BDRC Group ltd | £100k | 31 Mar 2028in 1 year 5 months |
| Aleph Alma data feeds | Nielsen Book Services Ltd | £74k | 31 Mar 2028in 1 year 5 months |
| English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) | Consortium of European Research Libraries | EUR 45k | 30 Apr 2028in 1 year 6 months |
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Latest contract awards
| Contract | Supplier | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 002560 AV SOFTWARE CONTRACTOR | Laurie Garnons | £9k | 2 Oct 20251 year 1 month ago |
| 002723 Fairy Tales Project Management Services | FRASER RANDALL LIMITED | £15k | 1 Oct 20251 year 1 month ago |
| Organisational Change Consultant | Sila Consulting Ltd | £84k | 30 Sept 20251 year 1 month ago |
| 002641 Project Management of the Digital Preservation Repository Project | Preserve Together Limited | £111k | 24 Sept 20251 year 1 month ago |
| HR Consultancy Support - Employee Casework | Ayesha Wilson HR Investigation & Mediation Services | £22k | 4 Sept 20251 year 2 months ago |
| 002698 STAR-FileTrail System | Workshare Limited T/A Litera | £88k | 1 Sept 20251 year 2 months ago |
| Print, Bind, Delivery of BL Publication | Bell and Bain | £14k | 27 Aug 20251 year 2 months ago |
| Print, Bind and delivery of BL Publication | Finidr | £13k | 26 Aug 20251 year 2 months ago |
| 002703 BIPC Marketing | WANDER FILMS LIMITED | £10k | 21 Aug 20251 year 3 months ago |
| 002685 Leeds Presence Business Research | WORDFERN LIMITED | £19k | 17 Aug 20251 year 3 months ago |
| 002661 Provide Strategic advise on pricing on income generating services | The Revels office | £38k | 17 Aug 20251 year 3 months ago |
| 002634 FAIRY TALES EXHIBITION BUILD & GRAPHICS PRODUCTION - STAGE 1 | SAM FORSTER ASSOCIATES LTD | £13k | 11 Aug 20251 year 3 months ago |
| 002672 BLXBFC Fashion Student Competition | Vega Associates | £15k | 1 Aug 20251 year 3 months ago |
| 002671 Higher Education and Event Management | Robin Event Management | £20k | 31 Jul 20251 year 3 months ago |
| 002632 Flood Defence Support Services | ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED | £12k | 29 Jul 20251 year 3 months ago |
| Alma Migration consultant | 213 Consulting | EUR 20k | 24 Jul 20251 year 3 months ago |
| 002642 SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND ON-SITE MAINTENANCE OF DIGITISATION STUDIOS SCANNING EQUIPMENT | 2 suppliers (framework) | £500k | 15 Jul 20251 year 4 months ago |
| Image Transform and OCR Services | READ COOP | EUR 35k | 15 Jul 20251 year 4 months ago |
| Illustrations for the new British Library website | Handsome Frank Ltd | £11k | 10 Jul 20251 year 4 months ago |
| 002643 AGATHA CHRISTIE EXHIBTION DESIGN SERVICES | Easy Tiger Creative Ltd | £65k | 10 Jul 20251 year 4 months ago |
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Most frequent suppliers
- Bell and Bain Limited3 awards
- STM Group (UK) Limited2 awards
- Q422 awards
- ADI Audio Visual Ltd2 awards
- Williams Commerce Ltd2 awards
- Chocolate Films2 awards
- Anything Is Possible Media Limited1 award
- Bookends Bindery1 award
- Downie Allison Downie Ltd1 award
- RDW Book and Paper Conservation Limited1 award
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
51 of 73 awards
1 of 59 awards
Awards since November 2023 where British Library recorded on the notice whether the winner was an SME or voluntary sector organisation. The badges next to each supplier are stricter: a supplier is only badged when every buyer's notices agree.
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes British Library classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 79419000Evaluation consultancy services4
- 79710000Security services3
- 72413000World wide web (www) site design services3
- 50000000Repair and maintenance services3
- 22110000Printed books3
- 22000000Printed matter and related products3
- 98000000Other community, social and personal services2
- 92521100Museum-exhibition services2
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British Library, in short
Who does British Library award contracts to?
Across 73 contracts recorded since 2021, British Library has used 78 different suppliers. The most frequent are Bell and Bain Limited (3 contracts), STM Group (UK) Limited (2 contracts), Q42 (2 contracts).
What does British Library buy?
Its most active procurement categories are business and professional services, IT services, print and publishing. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do British Library contracts come up for renewal?
10 contracts awarded by British Library have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 31 Mar 2027. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.
How much does British Library spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £27k, across the 73 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
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How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 8 November 2025 to 7 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- 3 contracts end in the next 6 months: Published end dates between 7 November 2026 and 7 May 2027, each contract counted once.
- No award notice in the last 12 months: No award notice published since 8 November 2025 in the notices we hold.
- Most recent award: recorded 2 Oct 2025 (1 year 1 month ago).
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 7 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from British Library [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/british-library (Accessed: 7 November 2026).
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