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title: "Online Legal Resources"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-045253"
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buyer: "THE LORD CHANCELLOR"
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# Online Legal Resources

Buyer: THE LORD CHANCELLOR  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-045253

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## Summary

The Ministry of Justice Commercial has awarded a contract for Online Legal Resources to Oxford University Press. The procurement involved services in the publishing industry category and was carried out through a limited procurement method without publication of a contract notice. The services aimed to provide judges and legal advisers with reliable and authoritative online access to legal information. The procurement was successfully completed on 31st March 2024.

This opportunity for businesses in the publishing or legal information services sector offered a contract to provide online legal resources to the Ministry of Justice. The contract was awarded through a negotiated process to Oxford University Press, a large-scale supplier in the industry, under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) and (iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Businesses with expertise in online database management and legal content provision would be well-suited to compete for similar future opportunities in online legal resource procurement.

## Notice

MoJ Commercial are procuring the service for the Judicial Library, of online services to ensure that all judges and legal advisers have access to reliable, authoritative information, in the most appropriate format to enable them to perform their duties effectively.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Online services to ensure that all judges and legal advisers have access to reliable, authoritative information, in the most appropriate format to enable them to perform their duties effectively. Some online services are very large, sophisticated databases, delivering a one stop shop for searching across the entire range of UK (and some overseas) legal information. Other services are much smaller and provide specialist content in areas such as crime and immigration.

### Procurement Information

The Authority intends to award a contract to Oxford University Press under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) and (iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Oxford University Press provides access to an online legal database containing unique content the Authority requires. This content can only be made available from the source publisher i.e. (Oxford University Press). The online service offers proprietary content which is only published by Oxford University Press.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012205-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £147,523 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE LORD CHANCELLOR |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 9AJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79970000 - Publishing services

## Release History

- 15 Apr 2024 at 14:41 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012205-2024

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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