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National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£10.2M

Total spend

20

Contract awards

17

Unique suppliers

£678K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, National Library of Scotland has awarded 20 contracts worth £10.2M to 17 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £678K, with the top five suppliers holding 83% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to National Library of Scotland

Top-five suppliers hold 83% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Cygnet Stocks Holdings Limited1£2.7M
Richard Irvin FM Limited1£2.2M
Simplicity Catering Ltd1£1.5M
Turner & Townsend PLC1£1.5M
KLUG-CONSERVATION, Walter Klug GmbH & Co. KG1£577K
XMA Limited1£551K
Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL1£360K
Brightwire1£181K
Total Enterprise Solutions1£159K
Concerto Support Services1£150K
Conservation By Design Limited1£125K
boxxe Limited1£90K
CAE Technologies Services LTD2£34K
Storm ID Ltd1£31K

Procurement categories

What National Library of Scotland buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
4 awards£2.0M

Software package and information systems

48
3 awards£860K

Installation services (except software)

51
2 awards£34K

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55
2 awards£4.2M

Printed matter and related products

22
1 award£577K

Industrial machinery

42
1 award£125K

Construction work

45
1 award£2.2M

Recent contracts

Latest National Library of Scotland contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solution

Brightwire · 2026-07-15

£181K

Archival Boxboard

KLUG-CONSERVATION, Walter Klug GmbH & Co. KG · 2026-07-02

£577K

Award of WiFi Hardware Renewal 2026

boxxe Limited · 2026-04-28

£90K

Cloud - Based Computerised Maintenance Management System

Concerto Support Services · 2026-02-19

£150K

Café Concession

Cygnet Stocks Holdings Limited · 2025-12-19

£2.7M

Virtual Servers

XMA Limited · 2025-10-21

£551K

Award of Website Support and Hosting 2025

Storm ID Ltd · 2025-09-05

£31K

Cloud Hosting

Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL · 2025-08-19

£360K

Finance System Replacement

Total Enterprise Solutions · 2025-07-28

£159K

Award of E Learning SaaS Solution 2024 - CCS Framework ID RM1557.13 G Cloud 13

SkillGate · 2024-10-05

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4

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11

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Market analysis

Bidding into National Library of Scotland — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

44%

Awards to SMEs

83%

Top-5 supplier share

4%

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 44% of National Library of Scotland’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to National Library of Scotland

How much does National Library of Scotland spend on procurement?

National Library of Scotland awarded 20 contracts totalling £10.2M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 17 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £678K.

Who are National Library of Scotland's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to National Library of Scotland by total award value are Cygnet Stocks Holdings Limited, Richard Irvin FM Limited, Simplicity Catering Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 83% of contract value.

What does National Library of Scotland buy from suppliers?

National Library of Scotland's procurement is concentrated in it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, software package and information systems, installation services (except software), alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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