Contracts Finder notice
The Provision of NLA Media Database License
Authority: Cabinet Office
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe MMU team requires early access (pre-publication date) to UK daily national newspaper content which should be made available via an online platform which has the functionalist to search for stories by keyword, date, publication and edition.
The team requires access to content from the first editions of the UK national daily newspapers no later than 11pm on the day prior to publication.
The team requires that the digital versions of the hard copies of the newspaper be viewable online and also downloadable with text of the digital versions identical to their print counterpart.
Early editions of the following publications to be available on the platform as a minimum - The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, The Sun, Daily Star, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Express, The Mail on Sunday, The Sun on Sunday, The Star on Sunday, The Independent, The i, City AM, Metro, Evening Standard.
The MMU requires the supplier to have the requisite licences to hold this material on their online platforms.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Buyer reference
- C5520
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Yes
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision17 Mar 2026
- Contract starts1 Apr 2026
- Notice published8 May 2026
- Contract ends31 Mar 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Cabinet OfficeContracting authority
- Identifier
- sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/3A4AmUm4 · GB-SRS
Suppliers named on the notice
- NLA MEDIA ACCESS LIMITEDSupplier
- Identifier
- 03003569 · GB-COH
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- Yes
- Business size
- SME
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-f7603c0d-1b3c-48c0-b51e-918e9c9119ca-2026-05-08T10:04:55+01:00
- Published
- 8 May 2026
- Latest update
- 8 May 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-f7603c0d-1b3c-48c0-b51e-918e9c9119ca
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-f7603c0d-1b3c-48c0-b51e-918e9c9119ca-1