Education Recording Agency HE Licence 2025-28

Official notice

Authority: LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY (Education)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£104,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 17 Apr 2025no call for competition

Awarded to EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE AGENCY LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Annual payment for the University's Education Recording

Agency (ERA) Higher Education Licence.

The University must hold this licence in order to enable use

of off-air UK television recordings for teaching purposes

(both short clips and whole programmes). The licence grants

the right to screen such recordings in both in-person and

online teaching contexts. It also enables provision of the BoB

(Box of Broadcasts) educational TV streaming service.

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: Below threshold - without competition
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: 7 May 2025, 14:56 BST
Last source update: 7 May 2025, 14:56 BST
Authority reference: LMU2025-1864
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-019425
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050df8 Find a Tender

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 7 May 2025

Contract award notice published
7 May 2025, 14:56 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
7 May 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £104,0001 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE AGENCY LIMITED1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028	£104,000	17 Apr 2025	Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 00974438 · GB-PPON: PWRV-6768-MQCM London Metropolitan University, London, London, N7 8DBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE AGENCY LIMITEDAwarded supplier Scott House Suite 1, London, London, SE1 7LYContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender7 May 2025, 14:56 BST