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# NLA Media Access Licence for Newspaper Content

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nla-media-access-licence-for-newspaper-content-ocds-h6vhtk-06ad92). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Work & Pensions: "NLA Media Access Licence for Newspaper Content". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Work & Pensions](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-work-pensions-gov-d10)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £249,356 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nla-media-access-licence-for-newspaper-content-ocds-h6vhtk-06ad92#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ad92`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nla-media-access-licence-for-newspaper-content-ocds-h6vhtk-06ad92#tl-md)

## Description
DWP requires ongoing, legally compliant access to UK and international news content to support operational activity, media monitoring, and strategic communications.
The Department for Work and Pensions (“the Authority”) intends to award this contract directly to NLA Media Access Limited (“NLA”) in accordance with Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 (“PA23”). This is justified on the basis that the services can be supplied only by a particular supplier due to the existence of exclusive rights (paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 PA23). NLA is the collective licensing body representing a wide range of UK newspaper and magazine publishers and is the only organisation currently authorised to grant licences permitting the copying, sharing and internal distribution of such content across multiple publishers. There is no reasonable alternative or substitute capable of providing an equivalent service, and the absence of competition is not the result of any artificial narrowing of the Authority’s requirements.
This notice is being published after the commencement of the contract in order to ensure transparency in respect of the Authority’s decision to make this direct award. Due to the urgent requirement to ensure continuity of lawful access to licensed content, the contract was awarded prior to publication of this notice. The Authority acknowledges that the notice was not issued in advance of the contract award and is now publishing this information to provide visibility of the justification and the Authority’s obligations under the Procurement Act 2023.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79980000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** NLA Media Access Licence for Newspaper Content (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **NLA Media Access Limited (NLA)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PLMM-3896-RGZM`
  - Value: £249,356 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 31/03/2026

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **NLA Media Access Limited (NLA)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PLMM-3896-RGZM`
  - Value: £249,356 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** NLA Media Access Licence for Newspaper Content (active)
  - Signed Value: £249,356
  - Signed Date: 16/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F057156-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-17T13:13:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T03:54:09.600Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ad92