# Publication Distribution Service

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by British Library.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [British Library](/buyers/british-library/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £600,000
- Published: 14 November 2022
- Contract start: 1 June 2023
- Contract end: 31 May 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9f41187f-8cda-4528-92dd-e28ff3d37838-589504
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b2973c01-4ecd-407b-9cd6-f4c1532bd15b

## Description

Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate Instead of: 14 November 2022 Time: 12:00 Read New: 16 November 2022 Time: 17:00 Other additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement\. The British Library's \(BL\) Publishing department produces original non-fiction and classic reprinted fiction for audiences around the world\. In recent years, BL Publishing has become a significant source of commercial revenue for the Library as well as increasing access and understanding of its wide-ranging collections\. It has refocused away from specialist scholarly markets and built a successful reputation as a small independent trade publisher\. This tender is for the provision of a modern storage and distribution service for the BL's publications, with an electronic ordering, invoicing and account management facility, and the supply to the BL of financial information relating to these transactions in a fully downloadable format\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9f41187f-8cda-4528-92dd-e28ff3d37838-589504)