Published date: 16 November 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 7 December 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, British Oversea Territories, Europe, Rest of the World

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

BIP643577570

Published date

16 November 2021

Closing date

7 December 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Prior Information Notice

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The British Library has two Portals that are online services that collect and present rights-cleared reports and other publications from selected UK-based organisations. The Library wishes to provide a better online service for our users and improved staff productivity by moving the Portals onto a new technical platform.

This Request for Information (RFI) is part of a market sounding exercise and one potential route to inform the future procurement of the services described. Participants should note that at this stage, no final decision has been taken on the precise procurement route to be followed.


About the buyer

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
UK

Telephone

+441937546387

Email

andy.kemp@bl.uk