Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University of Strathclyde · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £185,730.48
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Government services (CPV 75131000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 009149-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Oct 2025
- Published2 Feb 2026Published 111 days after the contract date
Description
The University requires an annual Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) Higher Education Licence to enable the lawful photocopying, scanning, digital reproduction, storage, communication, and sharing of extracts from copyright‑protected works for teaching, learning and research. The CLA is the UK‑government‑recognised collective rights management body authorised to issue licences permitting the reuse of text and images from books, journals, magazines and digital publications. This licence is essential for higher education institutions, as it provides the legal permissions needed to copy material from a wide range of UK and international publishers and rights‑holders. Without a valid CLA licence, staff and students would be unable to lawfully reproduce copyrighted content required to support course delivery, academic study, and research activity.
About the supplier
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA): every public contract they have won.