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title: "Oxford Law Trove Subscription"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e7e4"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX"
published: "2026-08-19"
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# Oxford Law Trove Subscription

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e7e4

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## Summary

The University of Essex procured an electronic subscription to the Oxford Law Trove platform, providing extensive legal materials for its law staff and student population. The requirement supports the university’s law degree provision and gives users access to content in a digital format, including outside the physical library’s opening hours. This is a specialist information and library subscription service, classified under CPV 79980000 (subscription services). The service relates to the university’s legal education activity in Colchester and is intended for use by University of Essex staff and students. The platform and its content are supplied by Oxford University Press, which owns the relevant intellectual property rights.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to Oxford University Press on 19 August 2026. The University of Essex used a direct award procedure for one completed lot, relying on the unique Oxford Law Trove content, Oxford University Press’s intellectual property rights and the platform’s availability from a single supplier. The award value is £275,000 excluding VAT and £330,000 including VAT. The contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029. A contract signature milestone was scheduled for 1 September 2026. The award is active, the contract is for services, and the procurement is above the relevant threshold.

This award demonstrates established demand from a higher education provider for specialist, digital legal research content supporting law teaching and study. Suppliers seeking comparable work would need authoritative legal materials, a reliable electronic platform and the rights to provide that content to university users. The requirement favoured a publisher with exclusive intellectual property rights over distinctive content, rather than a general library technology or document supplier. Credible competitors for similar University of Essex requirements would therefore need strong academic legal publishing credentials, appropriate licensing arrangements, secure and dependable online access, and the organisational capacity to support staff and students across the university. Oxford University Press’s role also indicates that a large specialist information provider can meet this requirement.

## Notice

The University wishes to procure a three year subscription to the Oxford Law Trove platform for the student population commencing on the 1st September 2026. As a provider of Law degrees Unviersity of Essex must provide its staff and students with access to extensive range of legal materials. Sourcing this material in an electronic format is preferable for our staff / students to access the content at their convenience outside of the physical library's opening hours. The content included within Oxford Law Trove is unique and Oxford University Press own the IPR for this and the Law Trove platform. This means the services are only available from this one supplier.

### Procurement Information

As a provider of Law degrees University of Essex must provide its staff and students with access to extensive range of legal materials. Sourcing this material in an electronic format is preferable for our staff / students to access the content at their convenience outside of the physical library's opening hours. The content included within Oxford Law Trove is unique and Oxford University Press own the IPR for this and the Law Trove platform. This means the services are only available from this one supplier.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079133-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £275,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX |
| Locality | COLCHESTER |
| Postcode area | Colchester |
| Postcode | CO4 3SQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway |
| Local authority | Colchester |
| Electoral ward | Wivenhoe |
| Westminster constituency | Harwich and North Essex |
| 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

- 79980000 - Subscription services

## Release History

- 19 Aug 2026 at 15:49 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079133-2026
- 19 Aug 2026 at 15:41 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079125-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079133-2026
  19th August 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079125-2026
  19th August 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.essex.ac.uk
- https://corp.oup.com/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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