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Published 14 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Copyright Licensing Agency Annual License

Official notice

Authority: Coventry University (Education)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£276,632published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 1 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to THE COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is an annual license all UK HE institutions must hold in order to legally photocopy and scan material in support of teaching, learning and research.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
79980000 Subscription services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
14 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
Last source update
27 Aug 2025, 15:07 BST
Authority reference
PA-SC-1671-25-WP
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051652
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0587dc Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

This is an annual license all UK HE institutions must hold in order to legally photocopy and scan material in support of teaching, learning and research.

Risk of legal non-compliance and legal action from publishers and other copyright holders if license not held

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

26 Aug 2025 → 27 Aug 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    26 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published
    27 Aug 2025, 15:07 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Aug 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    14 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    14 Aug 2025, 13:04 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract details notice published
    27 Aug 2025, 15:07 BST
    UK7
  4. Contract signature expected
    27 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £276,6321 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
THE COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY LTD1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026£276,632 inc. VAT1 Aug 2025Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Coventry University

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMMH-2339-NMGH Priory Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5FBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender