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Published 1 Oct 2025, 14:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Case Center Bundling System

Official notice

Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)

Direct award
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: North West (UKD33)
Awarded value£187,303published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 20 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Thomas Reuters (Professional) UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a contract with Thompson Reuters for the provision of the Case Centre (Formally CaseLines) bundling system which is extensively used within the CFLG teams and is central to their business processes.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
48612000 Database-management system

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Oct 2025, 14:32 BST
Last source update
10 Nov 2025, 09:43 GMT
Authority reference
P-0850
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072257
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North West (UKD33)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a605 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

This product is only available through Thompson Reuters.

CFLG have used this system for a number of years and have built business systems and processes which are entirely reliant upon this solution.

A change in contractor would be a fundamental risk to their ability to conduct safeguarding legal work.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 Oct 2025 → 10 Nov 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends362 days ago
    29 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published351 days ago
    10 Nov 2025, 09:43 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    1 Oct 2025, 14:32 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    20 Oct 2025, 08:05 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    30 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    10 Nov 2025, 09:43 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £187,3031 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Thomas Reuters (Professional) UK Ltd1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2028£187,30320 Oct 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Case Center Bundling System · Thomas Reuters (Professional) UK Ltd

    Signed
    30 Oct 2025
    Value
    £187,303
    Period
    1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2028
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: The contract is for off shelf software solutions which is bespoke to the provider. The provider also owns the intellectual property rights to the solution. Therefore the authority considers that performance could not be appropriately assessed using KPIs.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Manchester City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLNV-8798-LDMP Town Hall Extension, Manchester, North West, M60 2LAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender