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title: "PRJ_31142 - Legal Online Research and Library"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078847"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "Westminster City Council"
published: "2026-10-15"
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# PRJ_31142 - Legal Online Research and Library

Buyer: Westminster City Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078847

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## Summary

Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are seeking a comprehensive online legal research and know-how service for their in-house Legal Services teams. The solution is intended to help legal advisers and paralegals provide timely, accurate, risk-based legal advice across the councils’ core legal practice areas. It combines online legal research resources with practical legal know-how, for use by council legal professionals. The service is to be delivered for the councils in the United Kingdom. The requirement is for a managed online service rather than a one-off supply of legal advice, supporting the councils’ ongoing internal legal work and access to legal information.

The councils invited offers through a below-threshold open competition. The deadline for questions was 4 November 2026 at 17:00, and the offer submission deadline was 6 November 2026 at 17:00. The contract period is 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2027. The estimated value is £90,000 excluding VAT (£108,000 including VAT). There is one lot. Offers are evaluated on price, weighted at 60%, and quality, weighted at 40%. This is the tender stage, at which the buyer invited suppliers to submit offers. Electronic submission is permitted.

This requirement suits suppliers able to provide a comprehensive online legal research and know-how service for public-sector legal teams. The solution needs to support legal advisers and paralegals across core council legal practice areas, helping them deliver timely, accurate and risk-based advice. Suppliers should be able to provide mobilisation, implementation and user support so that service access continues smoothly when the replacement service begins. The councils also need operational flexibility to add, remove and reallocate users during the contract. The opportunity is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises, making it relevant to specialist legal information providers as well as larger platforms.

## Notice

Westminster City Council (WCC) and Royal Brough of Kensington and Chelea (RBKC) are seeking to procure a comprehensive online legal research and know-how solution for use by its in-house Legal Services team. The service is required to support legal advisers and paralegals in delivering timely, accurate and risk-based legal advice across the Council's core legal practice areas. The current contract expires on 30 November 2026. The Council requires a replacement service to commence on 1 December 2026, with sufficient mobilisation, implementation and user support to ensure a smooth transition and continuity of access from the contract start date. The Councils require some flexibility to add, remove and reallocate users during the contract period, subject to its operational need.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097351-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Nov 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Dec 2026 - 30 Nov 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £90,000 |
| Lots value | £90,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Westminster City Council |
| Additional buyers | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1E 6QP |
| 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 | TLI London |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48100000 - Industry specific software package
- 48160000 - Library software package
- 48170000 - Compliance software package
- 72212100 - Industry specific software development services
- 72212160 - Library software development services
- 72212170 - Compliance software development services
- 79100000 - Legal services
- 79140000 - Legal advisory and information services

## Release History

- 15 Oct 2026 at 10:58 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097351-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097351-2026
  15th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/1996607601A13EDF5FD6
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/
- https://www.westminster.gov.uk/

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