Award

Provision of NLA Media Licensing

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-017342

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03d777

Published 19 June 2023, 2:06pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Kentigern House, 65 Brown ST

Glasgow

Email

james.smith868@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority

one.5) Main activity

Defence


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of NLA Media Licensing

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79980000 - Subscription services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Provision of NLA media access, (NLA) represents the intellectual property rights of many prominent publishing brands in the UK. The company also operates a database providing services to media monitoring agencies and publishers containing over 100 million articles from print and web publications.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £204,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Provision of NLA media access, (NLA) represents the intellectual property rights of many prominent publishing brands in the UK. The company also operates a database providing services to media monitoring agencies and publishers containing over 100 million articles from print and web publications.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice

  • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice
  • The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development
  • The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

To award the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

708260451

Title

NLA Media Licensing

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

6 June 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

NLA MEDIA ACCESS LIMITED

Mount Pleasant House, Lonsdale Gardens, Tunbridge Wells

Kent

TN1 1HJ

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £204,000

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Ministry of Defence

Kentigern House, 65 Brown St

Glasgow

Country

United Kingdom