Public sector buyer
Public sector contracts from British Library Board
34 of its contracts end in the next 18 months. Get its new tenders, and see who holds the work now.
- 78
- Awards, last 12 months
- 83
- Awards since 2021
- 80
- Distinct suppliers
- £40k
- Median contract value
- 34
- Ending in 18 months
Hatched quarters fall only partly inside the next 18 months. Busiest whole quarter: Q1 2027.
Find tenders for your company
Paste your website and we score this week’s UK public sector tenders against it, each with a reason. Free, no sign-up.
- Most of its current contracts end in the next 12 months
- Took on 74 new suppliers in the last 12 months
78 contract awards published in the last 12 months, up from 7 the year before, and 83 since 2021 from 80 suppliers.
British Library Board at a glance
Its most active procurement category is business and professional services.
Osborne Thomas LTD appears most frequently, holding 4 awards.
The median published contract value is £40k (83 contracts state a value).
Work at British Library Board? Get a free buyer account to see your renewals and which of your suppliers are small businesses, charities or social enterprises.
Awards per quarter
Get a free weekly email about British Library BoardFree, by email, once a week
34 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.
Show all 15 contractsShow fewer
Remind me before these are re-tendered30 days free, no card needed
Latest contract awards
Show all 20 awardsShow fewer
Latest activity
What British Library Board has published recently
Open tenders, and the awards from the last 12 months that the table above does not list, newest first.An award is dated by its award date, or by its publication date where the award date is missing or later.
9 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
21 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
12 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
002830 Audience Discovery & Design : Insight for Research & Culture at the British Library
Awarded to DJS Research Ltd
10 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
002837 End of Project Evaluation - BIPC London Locals - Kickstart Your Business
Awarded to THRIVE ECONOMICS LIMITED
10 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
8 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
8 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
1 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
002814 Software Licence and Support renewal for OpenText
Awarded to OPEN TEXT UK LIMITED
30 Jun 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
Storage of the British Library's RMS and Sound Archive Collection
Awarded to COMPASS MINERALS STORAGE & ARCHIVES LIMITED
29 Jun 2026 (4 months ago)
23 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
Contract award
002831 Graphic Panel Production for Living Knowledge Network Agatha Christie Exhibition
Awarded to STYLOGRAPHICS LIMITED
23 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
Contract award
PORTFOLIO & PROJECT MANAGEMENT (PPM) TOOL
Awarded to GENERATION DIGITAL SOFTWARE LIMITED
4 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
29 May 2026 (5 months ago)
Contract award
002820 Bespoke Archival boxes to store collections
Awarded to CONSERVATION RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED
29 May 2026 (5 months ago)
13 May 2026 (6 months ago)
Contract award
002785 Exhibition Design Services (2D and 3D) for Normans
Awarded to NISSEN RICHARDS STUDIO LIMITED
13 May 2026 (6 months ago)
Contract award
002787: AGATHA CHRISTIE: A WORLD OF MYSTERY TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS BUILD PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR
Awarded to SETWORKS LIMITED
7 May 2026 (6 months ago)
1 May 2026 (6 months ago)
28 Apr 2026 (6 months ago)
Show all 20 itemsShow fewer
Email me British Library Board's new tendersEvery weekday before 9am, 30 days free
Most frequent suppliers
- Osborne Thomas LTDSME4 awards
- Downie Allison Downie Ltd3 awards
- Farcroft Restorations Limited3 awards
- Max Communications Ltd3 awards
- RDW Book and Paper Conservation Limited3 awards
- THE BOOKENDS BINDERY LTD3 awards
- ADI Audiovisual3 awards
- Preservica LTD2 awards
- SPINK AND THACKRAY (LEEDS) LIMITED2 awards
- Clay Interactive Limited2 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
85 of 101 awards
0 of 101 awards
Awards since November 2023 where British Library Board 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.
Every supplier to British Library Board with a profile23
- ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions UK Ltd1
- Ballicom Limited1
- Barnett Waddingham LLP1
- Bureau Veritas UK Limited1
- Buro Happold Limited1
- CIVICA UK Limited1
- Commissum Associates Limited1
- Constantine LimitedSME1
- DJS Research LTD1
- GatenbySanderson LTD1
- Generation Digital Limited1
- Manifesto Digital LimitedSME1
- Meltwater (UK) Limited1
- Menzies LLP1
- NLA Media Access Limited1
- Numiko LimitedSME1
- Open Text UK Limited1
- Osborne Thomas LTDSME4
- Phoenix Software LTD1
- Preservica LTD2
- Proactive UK LTD1
- SOFTCAT PlC1
- Savills (UK) Limited1
Watch Osborne Thomas LTD as a competitor30 days free
Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes British Library Board classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 92511000Library services9
- 79971000Bookbinding and finishing services3
- 92521100Museum-exhibition services2
- 79600000Recruitment services2
- 79414000Human resources management consultancy services2
- 79342000Marketing services2
- 79310000Market research services2
- 48000000Software package and information systems2
Get new tenders under these codesFrom every UK buyer, 30 days free
British Library Board, in short
Who does British Library Board award contracts to?
Across 83 contracts recorded since 2021, British Library Board has used 80 different suppliers. The most frequent are Osborne Thomas LTD (4 contracts), Downie Allison Downie Ltd (3 contracts), Farcroft Restorations Limited (3 contracts).
What does British Library Board buy?
Its most active procurement categories are business and professional services, IT services, leisure, culture and sport. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do British Library Board contracts come up for renewal?
34 contracts awarded by British Library Board have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 18 Dec 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.
How much does British Library Board spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £40k, across the 83 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.
How can I be alerted to new British Library Board tenders?
Tender Radar monitors Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales each weekday morning and can score every new British Library Board notice against your organisation's profile, delivering the relevant ones before 9am alongside their contracts approaching renewal.
Other buyers publishing contracts
How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 9 November 2025 to 8 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- Year on year: Its published contract awards rose in the last year. Contracts by publication date in the 12 months to 8 Nov 2026 and the year before it, oldest first: 7 and 78. A change of more than 15% counts as a rise or fall; each year needs at least 5 contracts.
- Most of its current contracts end in the next 12 months: 32 of its 47 contracts with an end date still to come end by 8 November 2027. Shown when that is more than half, with at least 5.
- Took on 74 new suppliers in the last 12 months: Suppliers named on a contract it awarded and published since 9 November 2025, and on none before. Counted by organisation, not by spelling.
- Most recent award: recorded 4 Nov 2026 (4 days 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 8 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from British Library Board [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/british-library-board (Accessed: 8 November 2026).
Get alerted when British Library Board publishes a new contract
Add this buyer to your radar and every new notice they publish is scored against your profile and delivered before 9am, alongside their contracts approaching renewal.
30 days free. No card required.