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title: "International Dunhuang Programme (IDP) -Klnt"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06eb96"
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# International Dunhuang Programme (IDP) -Klnt

Buyer: British Library Board  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06eb96

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## Summary

The British Library Board procured technical continuity services for the International Dunhuang Programme (IDP), a digital collections programme linking material from more than 35 institutions worldwide. The requirement covers infrastructure supporting the Programme’s public and private CIIM environments, image storage and application support. The purpose is to maintain the technical service and enable the Programme to expand its supporting infrastructure. This is an information technology software maintenance and support service, delivered in the United Kingdom. The buyer is the British Library Board, a central government public authority based at 96 Euston Road, London. The scope is relevant to suppliers providing ongoing support for digital collection platforms, software environments, hosted infrastructure, image repositories and related applications.

This procurement has been awarded and is complete. It used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition, for one lot. The contract was signed on 25 August 2026 and runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029. The contract value is £35,244 excluding VAT, or £42,292.80 including VAT. The selected supplier is KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION LTD. The award is active and relates to software maintenance services. The published data does not set out an evaluation weighting or scored award basis; the route was a below-threshold award without competition. The contract period indicates a substantial requirement for continuing technical support rather than a one-off implementation. The work is associated with the IDP’s digital infrastructure and image and application services.

For a future requirement of this kind, credible competitors would need demonstrable capability in maintaining information technology software used by international cultural or research collections. Relevant experience would include supporting CIIM or comparable digital collection platforms, integrating public and private infrastructure, managing image storage at collection scale and providing dependable application support. Suppliers should be able to preserve service continuity while extending infrastructure and supporting users and participating institutions across a distributed programme. The selected supplier’s role shows that the buyer values a specialist technology partner able to combine software maintenance with infrastructure and application expertise. Businesses with experience in libraries, archives, museums, research data or other complex digital repositories would be well placed to develop a focused capability for this buyer.

## Notice

The IDP website currently links the collections of over 35 institutions worldwide. Technical continuity for the next few years of the Programme is essential to include the public and private side infrastructure for the CIIM, as well as image storage and application support to expand to include the public and private side infrastructure for the CIIM, as well as image storage and application support.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080849-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £35,244 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | British Library Board |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | North West London |
| Postcode | NW1 2DB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden |
| Local authority | Camden |
| Electoral ward | St Pancras & Somers Town |
| Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72267100 - Maintenance of information technology software

## Release History

- 25 Aug 2026 at 13:26 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080849-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080849-2026
  25th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.bl.uk
- https://www.k-int.com/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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