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Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) License 2026-2027

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: "Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) License 2026-2027". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4.3Bids / Report
12.5% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Adam Smith International LtdTop vendor: 49.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 343 active published awards; 32 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Adam Smith International Ltd1 win£8,669,631
KPMG Advisory Services Limited1 win£4,000,000
AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO SA1 win£1,323,935
JORDAN MODERN OIL & FUEL SERVICES CO. LTD.1 win£1,250,000
DEC Property Management I Pvt Ltd1 win£851,440
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published20 Apr 2026, 14:48 BST
Last source update20 Apr 2026, 14:48 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066edd
What is being bought
This Direct Award is for the annual Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) fee for use of NLA copyrighted content in FCDO’s media monitoring services for the financial year 2026 to 2027. This license is purchased from the News Media Access and is the only regulated body able to supply the required copyright licence. It is also a recurring annual licence.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    20 Apr 2026, 14:48 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    30 Mar 2026, 14:03 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    19 Mar 2026, 12:48 GMT
  4. Official notice release published
    19 Mar 2026, 12:48 GMT
  5. Buyer information updated
    19 Mar 2026, 12:48 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    20 Apr 2026, 14:48 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 13 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST · £179,208
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
NLA Media Access Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£179,208 · signed 13 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 13 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PXRR-8771-PHVX
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  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PXRR-8771-PHVX
    King Charles Street, London, UKI32, SW1A 2AH, GB
    commercial.corporate@fcdo.gov.uk

  • Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA)
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PLMM-3896-RGZM
    Mount Pleasant House, Lonsdale Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, UKJ46, TN1 1HJ, GB
    copy@nla.co.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

  • Not published

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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThis license is purchased from the News Media Access and is the only regulated body able to supply the required copyright licence. It is also a recurring annual licence. NLA Media Access Limited business licence - GOV.UK) This direct award is justified under Section 41 and the ‘single supplier’ justification in Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, as the required copyright licence can only be supplied by NLA Media Access, the sole rightsholder authorised to issue licences for the use of UK newspaper and magazine content. No reasonable alternative supplier exists.