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
- The City of Edinburgh Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £106,617
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Patent and copyright consultancy services (CPV 79120000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 073313-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Oct 2025
- Published12 Nov 2025Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
This procurement activity has been conducted in order for The City of Edinburgh Council to obtain a copyright license to scan, reproduce and share copyrighted material via the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA). This license provides the ability to scan, reproduce and share copyrighted protected materials published within the UK or US. Without this license the Council would be unable to reproduce copyrighted materials.
About the supplier
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA): every public contract they have won.