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Published 14 Aug 2026, 12:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Copyright Licensing Agency Annual License

Official notice

Authority: Coventry University (Education)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£217,896published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 14 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to THE COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is an annual license all UK Higher Education institutions, which must hold in order to legally photocopy and scan material in support of teaching, learning and research

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
79980000 Subscription services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
14 Aug 2026, 12:31 BST
Last source update
14 Aug 2026, 12:37 BST
Authority reference
PA-SC-1966-26-TH
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-077658
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e498 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

This is an annual license all UK HE institutions must hold in order to legally photocopy and scan material in support of teaching, learning and research.

Risk of legal non-compliance and legal action from publishers and other copyright holders if license not held.

There is no other supplier for this licence in the UK other than The Copyright Licence Agency.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Aug 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    14 Aug 2026, 12:31 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    14 Aug 2026, 12:37 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    26 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £217,8961 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
THE COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY LTD27 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2027£217,89614 Aug 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Coventry University

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMMH-2339-NMGH Priory Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5FBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender