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
- Cabinet Office · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Nla Media Access Limited SME
- Value
- £19,176
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Business services · Subscription services (CPV 79980000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Mar 2026
- Published8 May 2026Published 52 days after the contract date
Description
The MMU team requires early access (pre-publication date) to UK daily national newspaper content which should be made available via an online platform which has the functionalist to search for stories by keyword, date, publication and edition. The team requires access to content from the first editions of the UK national daily newspapers no later than 11pm on the day prior to publication. The team requires that the digital versions of the hard copies of the newspaper be viewable online and also downloadable with text of the digital versions identical to their print counterpart. Early editions of the following publications to be available on the platform as a minimum - The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, The Sun, Daily Star, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Express, The Mail on Sunday, The Sun on Sunday, The Star on Sunday, The Independent, The i, City AM, Metro, Evening Standard. The MMU requires the supplier to have…
About the supplier
Nla Media Access Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03003569).