Quick answer — National Library of ScotlandLast refreshed 06 Jun 2026

At a glance

National Library of Scotland has awarded £25.3m across 7 suppliers, with 14 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 91% · 11 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 40% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration91%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share40%
Pipeline · open now11
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

National Library of Scotland is a contracting authority, based in UKM. Tracks 36 published notices and 10 awards on PublicSupply.

36
Notices published
10
Awards
7
Suppliers engaged
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£480k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
National Library of Scotland — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

9

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

11

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services10 · £19.7m
works7 · £14.5m
goods19 · £3.0m

Instrument type

contract36 · £37.3m
Source:Find a Tender: 36

Awarded contracts · 14 live

All contracts with a published award notice where National Library of Scotland is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Film Scanner and Digitisation System92100000£100kest.planned
Archival Boxboard22993100£480kest.active
Archival Boxboard22993100£480kest.active
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solution72266000£245kest.active
Archival Boxboard22993100£480kest.planned
Cloud - Based Computerised Maintenance Management SystemConcerto Support Services48100000£250kest.active
Design, Editing, Production and Distribution Services for Discover Magazine,other Library Publications and associated services22314000closed
Cloud HostingAmazon Web Services EMEA SARL72300000active
Virtual ServersXMA Limited48822000active
Finance System ReplacementTotal Enterprise Solutions48440000£250kest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
RI
£23.0mest.
91% of total
2
TT
£1.5mest.
6% of total
3
CB
£280kest.
1% of total
4
CS
1 contract · SME
£250kest.
1% of total
5
TE
£250kest.
1% of total
6
AW
£0
0% of total
7
XL
1 contract
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
3 contracts
£19.0m
50%
Construction works
4 contracts
£14.5m
38%
IT services, software
3 contracts
£1.7m
5%
Printed matter
5 contracts
£1.6m
4%
Software packages, IT
3 contracts
£500k
1%
Other
2 contracts
£150k
0%
Industrial machinery
1 contract
£120k
0%
Recreational, cultural, sport
1 contract
£100k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Construction works
IT services, software
Printed matter
Software packages, IT
Other
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

National Library of Scotland has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

40%
SME supplier share
target 33%
4
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
7
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKM
Contact
Rosa Mak
Email
procurementteam@nls.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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