Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Cabinet Office · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Nla Media Access Limited SME
- Value
- £17,184
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Database software package (CPV 48611000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2023
- Published2 Sep 2025Published 886 days after the contract date
Description
The Database Access service will consist of access to a secure website hosting the database, a user interface giving users the ability to search the database for client-specific terms from all national newspaper titles in the database repertoire, the ability to save searches for more efficient daily processing, the return of individual files for each story meeting these search terms, story availability between midnight and 1am (first editions) and by 4am (last editions) on the day of publication (weekdays, weekends add 90m), all stories from 1st and last London editions, and the ability to extract links for transmission to clients giving clients the ability (subject to having a valid NLA licence) to view full colour PDFs of the clippings complete with a thumbnail of the entire page showing the location of the article; complete metadata; and any client-specific branding components.
About the supplier
Nla Media Access Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03003569).