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Council museum and library operation tenders from UK public buyers

Council museum and library operation tenders open now: 3. In the 12 months to 23 October 2026, UK public buyers published 103 matching notices. The newest recorded award went to SirsiDynix on 2 Oct 2026.

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Council museum and library operation tenders published each month, October 2025 to October 2026: bar chart of 103 UK notices
Notices per month, UK time. All matched by text.

Which council museum and library operation tenders are open now?

3 notices with a deadline still ahead on 23 October 2026, closing soonest first, all matched by text.

Council museum and library operation tenders matched by text

Each title, buyer or stated region matches this hub’s rule. That is a word match, not a judgment of what is bought.

Which buyers publish the most museum and library operation for council buyers notices?

Hampshire County Council, with 5 notices of 103 in the 12 months to 23 October 2026.

  1. Hampshire County Council5
  2. Watford Borough Council5
  3. Bristol City Council4
  4. Newcastle City Council4
  5. Norfolk County Council4
  6. Wrexham County Borough Council4
  7. Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council3
  8. Ipswich Borough Council3

Count of notices by the buyer name as published, 103 notices in the window, read 23 October 2026.

How many museum and library operation for council buyers notices are published each month?

About 9 a month over the last eleven full months; the busiest month was July 2026, with 15.

12 of the 37 museum and library operation for council buyers notices that stated a GBP value in the last 12 months fell in this band (32%). 2 of the open notices listed above are in it.

Counts come from this page’s data. A stated estimate is not the contract value, and frameworks are excluded.

StageNotices
Award55
Tender21
Contract16
Planning11
Stage as the source records it, of 103 notices in the 12 months to 23 October 2026.
Stated valueNotices
Under £25,0008
£25,000 to £100,00012
£100,000 to £500,00013
£500,000 to £2 million2
£2 million or more2
Only the 37 notices that state a GBP value, excluding frameworks, placeholders of £1,000 or less and ceilings of £100 million or more. An estimate in a notice is not a contract value.

Who has won museum and library operation for council buyers contracts recently?

RJL INTERIORS LTD won 2 of the award notices read for this hub, the most of any supplier.

The newest award

On 2 Oct 2026, London Borough of Sutton recorded an award to SirsiDynix for “TLC Library Management System, Library App and Library Services Platform”, at a recorded value of £4,207,014.

Read the award notice. Signed contract value; framework ceiling, not spending or guaranteed revenue

SupplierAward notices won
RJL INTERIORS LTD2
ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER (UK) LIMITED1
AXIELL ALM LIMITED1
Alice Briggs1
Anna Barclay Designs1
Aurora World Ltd1
CALOR GAS LIMITED1
COLIN JOHN LINDLEY OBJECT & ARTIFACT DIS PLAY1
Distinct notices per supplier, from the newest 71 of 71 award and contract notices in the window. Confirmed award records only. A count of awards, never a sum of spend.

What counts as council museum and library operation tenders here?

Museum and library operation tenders published by council buyers: the same title rule as the UK-wide museum and library operation hub, kept to notices whose buyer the council tenders hub recognises by name. Notices from other buyers with the same subject are on the museum and library operation hub; the council hub lists every subject.

Classified

This hub is chosen by buyer or place, which the catalogue does not describe, so it uses no classification.

Matched by text

The buyer's name contains one of: museum and library operation, museum, library services, visitor centre, council, combined authority, borough of, city of [a-z]+ council. A word match is not a judgment of what is bought, so these are labelled as matches.

  1. Open the official notice

    Every notice above links to its page here and to its record on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. The documents there are the tender; this page is not.

  2. Check the dates

    Note the deadline and any clarification or expression-of-interest date. Forecast and planning notices have no bid deadline yet.

  3. Check the route to market

    A framework or dynamic purchasing system call-off needs a place on that agreement first; an open procedure does not.

  4. Look at who won before

    The winners above show who has delivered this kind of contract recently and for which buyers.

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  1. 3 notices open now

    Listed above, closing soonest first, each linked to its page and the official record.

  2. Hampshire County Council published 5 notices

    The most of any buyer here, out of 103 in the last 12 months.

  3. RJL INTERIORS LTD won 2 awards

    The most of any supplier in the 71 award and contract notices read for this hub.

  4. About 9 notices a month

    Published on average over the last 11 full months, from 103 in the 12-month window.
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Questions about this page

Short answers, with the figures read for this page.

How many council museum and library operation tenders are open now?
3 notices with a stated deadline still ahead on 23 October 2026, all matched by text. The list is read again every day.
Where are these notices published?
On Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, the UK government's two public notice services. Each notice on this site links to its official record there; read that record and its documents before deciding to bid.
How does a notice get into this hub?
By its title, buyer or stated region matching the hub's rule. Classified notices will be added here when they are published to public pages; a text match is never presented as a classification.
Are EU, Scottish and Welsh portals included?
No. Only Find a Tender and Contracts Finder are read. EU (TED) notices are never added to these UK counts, and notices that appear only on Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales or eTendersNI are not here.

Hubs that share buyers or suppliers with this one, and the full tender index.

Sources and method

Read at
23 October 2026, regenerated daily
Window
23 October 2025 to 23 October 2026, by publication date
Classification
Not used for this hub
  • A text match means the notice's title, buyer or stated region fits this hub's rule. It is not a judgment of what is bought.
  • Open means a stated deadline still in the future. Tender notices with no stated deadline are listed separately, and only when published in the last 60 days; planning and forecast notices are not counted as open.
  • UK notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only. EU (TED) notices are not counted.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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