01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Department for Education
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Direct award
- Category
- Not supplied
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
Schools require licences to access copyright materials for teaching and learning and extracurricular activities. Copyright licences are handled by and purchased from Copyright Management Organisations (CMOs). CMOs are a type of licensing body that grant rights to materials on behalf of rights holders (e.g. authors/composers). Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA): Permits schools to the copying of content from national, regional and local newspapers and certain news websites.
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Copyright Licenses for Schools - NLA
- Awarded
- 31 March 2026
- Award value
- £2,296,740.44
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 14 April 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London, UKI32, SW1P3BT, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PDZG-3487-DPVDNLA Media Access Ltd
Mount Pleasant House, Lonsdale Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, UKJ46, TN1 1HJ, United Kingdom
Companies House 03003569 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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