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title: "Subscription to PA Media's Newswire"
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# Subscription to PA Media's Newswire

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/subscription-to-pa-media-s-newswire-ocds-h6vhtk-03dc65). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Transport: "Subscription to PA Media's Newswire". Published status: complete. Published 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 Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Telecommunications services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £138,225 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03dc65`

## 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/subscription-to-pa-media-s-newswire-ocds-h6vhtk-03dc65#tl-md)

## Description
This contract is issued by direct award to PA Media for the provision of access to PA's newsire. PA Media is the sole supplier of access to this newswire, which uploads breaking news stories throughout the day to all national and regional news outlets (paper, broadcast and online). The copy produced is uploaded automatically to hundreds of titles - and can be searched by theme. No other competitors provide an equivalent service. There is therefore an absence of competition for technical reasons.
The Contract will commence on 1st June 2023 and, unless terminated in accordance with the provisions in the contract, will last until 31st May 2028. The maximum value allocated to this contract is £138,224.55 excluding VAT.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This contract is issued by direct award to PA Media for the provision of access to PA's newsire. PA Media is the sole supplier of access to this newswire, which uploads breaking news stories throughout the day to all national and regional news outlet...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 018071-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **PA Mediapoint**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-141796`
  - Value: £138,225 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 018071-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £138,225
  - Signed Date: 12/06/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018071-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-26T10:22:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:14:17.673Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03dc65