British Library Board

Contracts expiring

• 002891 RECRUITMENT SERVICES

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 18 Dec, 202643 daysValue £46.80kSource Find a Tender

  Provision of a fully managed executive recruitment service for six British Library roles: 4 x HR Business Partners, 1 x Head of People Operations, and 1 x Head of Health & Safety. The service includes recruitment campaign design, executive search, market mapping, candidate sourcing, advertising, candidate assessment

  Awarded to OSBORNE THOMAS LIMITED

• HR Optimisation Review

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 21 Dec, 202646 daysValue £49.98kSource Find a Tender

  HR and People Team optimisation review

  Awarded to OSBORNE THOMAS LIMITED

• 002830 Audience Discovery & Design : Insight for Research & Culture at the British Library

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 20 Jan, 20272 monthsValue £110.00kSource Find a Tender

  The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a research partner to identify and prioritise the audiences with the greatest potential to engage with the British Library's cultural and research offer at St Pancras, London, in line with the wider transformation of the site.

  Awarded to DJS Research Ltd

• Recruitment Services - Interim H&S Consultant

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 Jan, 20273 monthsValue £20.40kSource Find a Tender

  Delivery of the Services. Osborne Thomas Ltd shall provide a Consultant to deliver interim Health & Safety consultancy services to the British Library.

  Awarded to OSBORNE THOMAS LIMITED

• 002734 British Library IT Applications Skills Development

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 Jan, 20273 monthsValue £60.00kSource Find a Tender

  The British Library requires provision of an IT Applications Skills Development programme, comprised of online and classroom-based courses.

  Awarded to Happy Computers Ltd

• 002852 CONQUEST EXHIBITION AV SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 27 Feb, 20274 monthsValue £50.00kSource Find a Tender

  The British Library requires the services of an AV contractor to produce ten pieces of digital content for the Conquest exhibition, as outlined in the briefing document. The AV contractor will be expected to collaborate with the appointed 3D design team and AV hardware contractor to ensure seamless co ordination.

  Awarded to CLAY INTERACTIVE LIMITED

• 002768 Employee Engagement Survey

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 28 Feb, 20274 monthsValue £14.70kSource Find a Tender

  • Guidance and support throughout the survey process and have a deep understanding of employee engagement • Advice on pre-survey communication and positioning to maximise response rates • Survey circa 1,600 people • Mobile accessible surveys • Fast, real-time response rate and headline data • Guarantees of anonymity an

  Awarded to The Survey Initiative

• 002884 INTERIM SENIOR HR SUPPORT SERVICES

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 Mar, 20275 monthsValue £112.00kSource Find a Tender

  To provide senior HR leadership and specialist consultancy support across the British Library's HR transformation programme, including HR service optimisation, people policy modernisation, employee wellbeing and support services, reward and contractual change, organisational change, and HR systems and data

  Awarded to OSBORNE THOMAS LIMITED

• 002877 Higher Education and Science Event Management 2026-27

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 Mar, 20275 monthsValue £20.00kSource Find a Tender

  Services to support a range of events related to the British Library activities in higher education and science. To include event management for the British Library science and higher education programmes.

  Awarded to Robin S Events

• 002713 British Library Conservation, Bindery & Enclosures Framework

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 Mar, 20275 monthsSource Find a Tender

  The British Library is establishing a framework arrangement with suppliers who can demonstrate their capability in providing high quality conservation and binding services to Library collections. This Tender is divided into 3 Lots and the classification of lots is based on types of treatment, as stated below. 1.Lot 1 -

  Awarded to THE BOOKENDS BINDERY LTD, DOWNIE ALLISON DOWNIE LIMITED, FARCROFT RESTORATIONS LTD, MAX COMMUNICATIONS LTD, RDW BOOK AND PAPER CONSERVATION LIMITED, SPINK AND THACKRAY (LEEDS) LIMITED, SYCAMORE BOOKBINDING, RESTORATION & PAPER CONSERVATION LIMITED

• 002652 Shared Repository Service

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 Mar, 20275 monthsValue £296.65kSource Find a Tender

  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 Shared Repository Service will transition to a cost recovery model. The initial duration of this contract is 15 months (1.1.2026-31.3.2027)

  Awarded to 4Science S.p.A.

• 002810 Culture Strategy development consultancy

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 Mar, 20275 monthsValue £59.97kSource Find a Tender

  A consultant to support the British Library to develop a new vision for our culture programme at our enhanced St Pancras site that maximises the potential of our programme's shift in scale to articulate an ambitious and high-profile public offer.

  Awarded to RALPH APPELBAUM ASSOCIATES, INC.

• 002709 Architectural Design & Inspection Services

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 30 Apr, 20276 monthsValue £17.86kSource Find a Tender

  Architectural Design & Inspection Services for the new platform lift in the front entrance at the Library's St Pancras Site

  Awarded to Rolfe Kentish Architect Ltd

• 002797 AV Brief for BLOT

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 30 Apr, 20276 monthsValue £44.91kSource Find a Tender

  The British Library seeks an Audio Visual Hardware and Software Contractor to provide a structure/casing, hardware and software to support the loan of our digital collections.

  Awarded to STAND + STARE LTD

• 002814 Software Licence and Support renewal for OpenText

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 1 Jun, 20277 monthsValue £23.94kSource Find a Tender

  Software Licence and Support renewal for OpenText-licensing

  Awarded to OPEN TEXT UK LIMITED

• PORTFOLIO & PROJECT MANAGEMENT (PPM) TOOL

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 23 Jun, 20278 monthsValue £44.44kSource Find a Tender

  Provision of a SaaS-based Portfolio & Project Management (PPM) tool for an initial contract duration of 12 Months, with 2 optional 12 month extensions.

  Awarded to GENERATION DIGITAL SOFTWARE LIMITED

• 002859 PPM TOOL - ASANA LICENCES

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 26 Jun, 20278 monthsValue £13.05kSource Find a Tender

  The British Library is purchasing a Portfolio & Project Management (PPM) Tool to support project management principles within the Marketing Team

  Awarded to GENERATION DIGITAL LIMITED

• 002883 PENSION REVIEW AND REPLACEMENT ADVICE

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 30 Jun, 20278 monthsValue £16.70kSource Find a Tender

  Provision of pensions consultancy services to support the British Library in establishing a new Defined Contribution (DC) pension arrangement.

  Awarded to BARNETT WADDINGHAM LLP

• 002789 Agatha Christie Exhibition PR campaign

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 30 Jun, 20278 monthsValue £10.00kSource Find a Tender

  Seeking a freelance Public Relations professional to support the British Library in delivering an innovative PR campaign that helps promote the opening of blockbuster exhibition Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery, running at the Library from 30 October 2026 - 20 June 2027.

  Awarded to SAM TALBOT LIMITED

• 002719 Agatha Christie AV Software

  Location: London

  Awarded contractContract ends 30 Jun, 20278 monthsValue £40.00kSource Find a Tender

  Agatha Christie AV Software-design, install build.

  Awarded to CLAY INTERACTIVE LIMITED