Tender

Find Case Law Public Beta Development

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

TenderUpdate

17 Sep 2025 at 10:44

Tender

29 Aug 2025 at 08:33

Summary of the contracting process

The National Archives is seeking a delivery partner for the development of the Find Case Law public beta service, under an open procurement process using a competitive flexible approach. The procurement is currently in the tender update phase as of 17th September 2025. Located in Richmond, United Kingdom, The National Archives is a central government public authority aiming to expand the Find Case Law service through iterative Agile development, addressing user needs as they arise. The maximum contract value is £3.45 million, with an initial contract period of two years commencing on 1st December 2025, and an option to extend for an additional 12 months. Interested businesses must submit tenders electronically by 29th September 2025, with the award decision to be announced by 24th November 2025.

This tender provides significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in information technology services, particularly those experienced in Agile development and data management solutions. Small and medium-sized enterprises are encouraged to participate, given their suitability for the project. The project requires enhancements across various facets of the service, including user interface, data infrastructure, and editorial tools, making it ideal for firms with innovative solutions in software development, user experience enhancements, and IT infrastructure modernisation. Successful engagement in this contract can lead to valuable partnerships with a central government authority, establishing a presence in the public sector technology domain.

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Notice Title

Find Case Law Public Beta Development

Notice Description

The objective of this procurement process is to source a delivery partner who will work with us in developing further the public beta of the Find Case Law service. The aim of the Find Case Law service (FCL) Is to permanently archive, publish and enable the re-use of court and tribunal judgments as data for everyone. FCL is an information service. FCL follows an iterative Agile development approach. All service enhancements are planned and implemented in response to evidenced user need. Over the course of the proposed contract period, we anticipate making improvements to all aspects of the service including: our Homepage and support pages including our licence application journey, our search, browse and notifications functionality and our API and data re-use offer. We also need to improve our editorial interface and our underlying data model and infrastructure to allow us to widen the scope of what we publish without effecting our existing users and service offer. We expect that additional, yet to be determined, improvements will also be needed and which will emerge from user research and stakeholder engagement. We intend to award a contract for an initial period of 2 years, with one extension option of up to 12 months. We anticipate that the maximum expenditure over the duration of the contract period (including any extension options) will be PS3.45m including VAT (i.e. an average maximum expenditure of PS1.15m per year).

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: One extension option of up to 12 months in duration.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-058ff7
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057260-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72222300 - Information technology services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,875,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,875,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Sep 20255 months ago
Submission Deadline
29 Sep 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
RICHMOND
Postcode
TW9 4DU
Post Town
Twickenham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
Delivery Location
TLI London, TLJ South East (England)

Local Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Electoral Ward
Kew
Westminster Constituency
Richmond Park

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