Access to embargoed news content
Details
- Buyer
- Cabinet Office
- Supplier(s)
- THE PRESS ASSOCIATION GROUP LIMITED
- Value
- £39,338.25
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
- Published
- 2 September 2025
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
The Authority requires access to Press Association content, including content under Embargo via the Press Association's Mediapoint platform. The Authority requires real-time access to Press Association content, including content under embargo. The content should be available as soon as it goes live on the Press Association newswire. The Authority requires that the content should be made available on an online platform which has functionality to search for stories by keyword and group by topic. The authority requires that the supplier must provide access for 100 users to the online platform delivering Press Association contract. The authority requires always-on (24-7) access to the online platform on which Press Association and embargoed Press Association news content is to be delivered. The authority requires self-service access to add and remove users from the list of those authorised to use the platform and/or a point of contact to add and remove authorised users.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date1 March 2023
- Completed: Award published2 September 2025Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date28 February 2026
About the buyer
The Cabinet Office is a central government ministerial department that supports the Prime Minister, with its own commercial teams handling procurement. Notices above the publication threshold are advertised on Contracts Finder. Much of its procurement runs through framework agreements, including those set up by the Crown Commercial Service. The department publishes targeted actions to increase its business with small and medium-sized enterprises. Supplier enquiries are handled by the Crown Commercial Service's London Managed Service Team. Central commercial teams based here combined with the Crown Commercial Service in 2026 to form the Government Commercial Agency.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Cabinet Office's contract awards have been in IT services, business services and software and information systems.
Relevant CPV codes
- 22200000 · Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cabinet-office.gov |
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