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Contract Award Notice

Business Case Author and Advisor for the National Library of Wales

  • First published: 28 October 2025
  • Last modified: 28 October 2025
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Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-156623
Published by:
The National Library of Wales
Authority ID:
AA0452
Publication date:
28 October 2025
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

The Contracting Authority (NLW) wish to appoint a suitably qualified consultant to produce a Full Business Case using the five-case model for the National Library of Wales’ Bookstack 4 project that meets the requirements of HM Treasury Green Book for presentation to National Library of Wales Board of Trustees and the Welsh Government. The consultant will also be required to review, challenge and support the development of the Strategic Outline Case and Outline Business Case (being developed internally). The Full Business Case is to be completed by 28 February 2026. The Full Business Case is to be developed using the five-case model, in the format specified by the HM Treasury/Welsh Government publication, Guide to Developing the Project Business Case, 2018. The project will be subject to the Gateway Review process, the details of which are to be confirmed. The maximum budget for delivering this work is £40,000 (excluding VAT). A more detailed specification can be found in the Invitation to Tender.

Full notice text

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – NATIONAL

SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address


The National Library of Wales

Penglais, Aberystwyth,

Ceredigion

SY23 3BU

UK

Carys Dafydd

+44 1970632800


+44 1970615709
https://www.llgc.org.uk

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Business Case Author and Advisor for the National Library of Wales

2.2

Description of the contract

The Contracting Authority (NLW) wish to appoint a suitably qualified consultant to produce a Full Business Case using the five-case model for the National Library of Wales’ Bookstack 4 project that meets the requirements of HM Treasury Green Book for presentation to National Library of Wales Board of Trustees and the Welsh Government. The consultant will also be required to review, challenge and support the development of the Strategic Outline Case and Outline Business Case (being developed internally). The Full Business Case is to be completed by 28 February 2026.

The Full Business Case is to be developed using the five-case model, in the format specified by the HM Treasury/Welsh Government publication, Guide to Developing the Project Business Case, 2018. The project will be subject to the Gateway Review process, the details of which are to be confirmed.

The maximum budget for delivering this work is £40,000 (excluding VAT).

A more detailed specification can be found in the Invitation to Tender.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

66000000 Financial and insurance services
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
1014 South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)

2.4

Estimated Total Value

Lowest offer: 29500 Highest offer: 39900 GBP

3 Procedure

3.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4 Award of Contract

4.1

Successful Bidders

4.1.1

Name and Address of successful supplier, contractor or service provider





31Ten Consulting Limited

Ground Floor Apex Yard, 25-35 Long Lane,

London

SE14PL

UK




https://www.31tenconsulting.co.uk/

5 Other Information

5.1

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

5.2

Date of Contract Award

 28-10-2025

5.3

Number of tenders received

7

5.4

Other Information

(WA Ref:157503)

5.5

Additional Documentation

N/a

5.6

Publication date of this notice:

 28-10-2025

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security Other Services
66000000 Financial and insurance services Finance and Related Services

Delivery locations

ID Description
1014 South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)

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Notice details
Publication date:
08 October 2025
Deadline date:
27 October 2025 00:00
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Authority name:
The National Library of Wales
Publication date:
28 October 2025
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Authority name:
The National Library of Wales

About the buyer

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