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). The School Printed Music licence (SPML): Permits the copying and arranging of printed music owned by a school, teacher or music service or hub engaged in supporting the school.
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 Licences for Schools - Schools Printed Music Licence - (SPML)
- Awarded
- 1 April 2026
- Award value
- £22,603,864.66
- Suppliers
- 2
- Signed contract
- 16 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-DPVDPrinted Music Licensing Ltd
107 Gray's Inn Road, London, UKI31, WC1X 8TZ, United Kingdom
Companies House 08177249 →Printed Music Licensing Ltd
107 Gray's Inn Road, London, UKI31, WC1X 8TZ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PWPN-8423-GVTTCompanies 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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