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Find Case Law Public Beta Development

The National Archives

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

TenderCancellation

22 Apr 2026 at 11:24

UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
Award

19 Mar 2026 at 10:24

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
TenderUpdate

17 Sep 2025 at 11:44

UK4 - Tender Notice
Tender

29 Aug 2025 at 09:33

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The National Archives, a central government public authority situated in Richmond, United Kingdom, is overseeing a procurement process titled "Find Case Law Public Beta Development," targeting the information technology services sector. The procurement, following an open competitive flexible procedure, involves the development of the Find Case Law service, aimed at archiving and publishing court judgments. Although the contract was initially awarded with a completion date of 2028, it was later cancelled as of 14 April 2026. The process included a tender update on 17 September 2025, highlighting the iterative Agile development strategy to enhance various service elements. The procurement stage, now at 'Tender Cancellation,' involved tender submissions via email and anticipated a contract value of up to £3.45m including VAT, with potential renewal for an additional year.

Despite the cancellation, this tender represents significant business growth potential, particularly for SMEs keen on IT services. Businesses specialised in Agile development and capable of enhancing service functionalities through user-focused improvements would find this opportunity suited to their strengths. Moreover, firms that excel in managing complex data infrastructures and platforms might also benefit, providing them with a chance to collaborate with a national entity and gain recognition within the public sector. Furthermore, those skilled in integrating stakeholder feedback into service enhancements could help shape the evolution of this service, although the immediate opportunity is not currently active.

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Notice Information

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.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-058ff7
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036499-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Apr 20264 months ago
Submission Deadline
29 Sep 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Mar 20265 months ago
Contract Period
7 Apr 2026 - 6 Apr 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Cancelled

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The National Archives
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
RICHMOND
Postcode
TW9 4DU
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

THE DEXTROUS WEB LTD

Further Information

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