Expired contract

Online Legal Resources Framework Agreement

Details

Buyer: Ministry of Justice
Supplier(s): 8 suppliers
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Electronic Immigration Network
Justis Publishing Limited
ProQuest LLC
RELX (UK) LIMITED
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales
Thomson Reuters
Value: £32,400,000
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Printed matter and related products
Published: 13 December 2019
Source: ContractsFinder

Tender description

The Ministry of Justice and other participating departments require access to a comprehensive range of legal information, including legislation, case law, commentary and current awareness. This information is required in a variety of formations including online, print and eBook. This online legal resources framework is divided into 2 lots. Lot 1: JLIS specific requirements (based on number of users); Lot 2: GLD specific requirements (based on number of licences needed). The following online content from across the range of legal publishers is available via the framework; - legislation - original and consolidated, - case law, law reports and transcripts - including archives back to 13th century, - current awareness services which enable judges to keep up to date with changes to the law, - journals, - commentary - textbooks and loose-leaf - current editions and supplements, - practice area tools.

Timeline

Completed: Award date15 November 2019
Completed: Award published13 December 2019
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2024

About the buyer

The Ministry of Justice is a central government ministerial department with its own Commercial Standards team providing procurement guidance. Procurement now follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. Higher-value contracts appear on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for lower-value opportunities. Suppliers register and bid through the MOJ Sourcing Portal, the department's e-procurement platform. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems. HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM Prison and Probation Service and the Legal Aid Agency are the department's main delivery bodies.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Justice's contract awards have been in education and training, IT services and public administration and defence.

Relevant CPV codes

22000000 · Printed matter and related products

Decision makers

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