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NLA Media Access Licence for Newspaper Content

No classification published
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Published value
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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Work & Pensions: "NLA Media Access Licence for Newspaper Content". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Work & PensionsScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department for Work & Pensions
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Department for Work & Pensions. 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
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Veran Performance LimitedTop vendor: 88.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 128 active published awards; 1 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Veran Performance Limited1 win£5,500,000
Gartner UK Limited1 win£469,500
Copyright Licensing Agency1 win£119,479
O'REILLY MEDIA INC1 win£99,450
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Work & Pensions
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
Published17 Jun 2026, 14:13 BST
Last source update17 Jun 2026, 14:13 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06ad92
What is being bought
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.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    17 Jun 2026, 14:13 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    4 Jun 2026, 14:00 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    4 Jun 2026, 13:52 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    4 Jun 2026, 13:52 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    4 Jun 2026, 13:52 BST
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
    17 Jun 2026, 14:13 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 17 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £249,356
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
NLA Media Access Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
NLA Media Access Licence for Newspaper Content
£249,356 · signed 17 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 17 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Work & Pensions

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  • Department for Work & Pensions
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PJCP-7274-TLRQ
    Caxton House, 6-12 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NA, London, UKI32, SW1H 9NA, GB
    professional.services@dwp.gov.uk

  • NLA Media Access
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PLMM-3896-RGZM
    Mount Pleasant House, Lonsdale Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UKJ46, TN1 1HJ, GB
    arose@nla.co.uk
Documents (1)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe 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.