Official UK procurement notice
Find Case Law Public Beta Development
Authority: The National Archives (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe objective of this procurement process is to source a delivery partner who will work with us in developing further the public beta of the Find Case Law service.
The aim of the Find Case Law service (FCL) Is to permanently archive, publish and enable the re-use of court and tribunal judgments as data for everyone. FCL is an information service.
FCL follows an iterative Agile development approach. All service enhancements are planned and implemented in response to evidenced user need. Over the course of the proposed contract period, we anticipate making improvements to all aspects of the service including: our Homepage and support pages including our licence application journey, our search, browse and notifications functionality and our API and data re-use offer.
We also need to improve our editorial interface and our underlying data model and infrastructure to allow us to widen the scope of what we publish without effecting our existing users and service offer.
We expect that additional, yet to be determined, improvements will also be needed and which will emerge from user research and stakeholder engagement.
We intend to award a contract for an initial period of 2 years, with one extension option of up to 12 months. We anticipate that the maximum expenditure over the duration of the contract period (including any extension options) will be £3.45m including VAT (i.e. an average maximum expenditure of £1.15m per year).
- How the procedure runs: This will be a two-stage procurement process. The information which bidders need to submit in Stage 1 of the procurement process is described in Section 6 of the attached ITT document. The evaluation criteria which will apply in Stage 2 is described in Section 8 of the attached ITT document. Once all Stage 1 submissions have been evaluated, the top-five-ranked bidders will be issued with a 'Stage 2' ITT document and invited to submit a 'Stage 2' Tender response. A contract award decision will be made by scoring the 'Stage 2' Tender responses against the criteria specified in Section 8.4 of the attached ITT document.
CPV: Information technology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,875,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Aug 2025, 09:33 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Apr 2026, 11:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Nov 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052273- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058ff7Find a Tender
- How it runs
This will be a two-stage procurement process.
The information which bidders need to submit in Stage 1 of the procurement process is described in Section 6 of the attached ITT document. The evaluation criteria which will apply in Stage 2 is described in Section 8 of the attached ITT document.
Once all Stage 1 submissions have been evaluated, the top-five-ranked bidders will be issued with a 'Stage 2' ITT document and invited to submit a 'Stage 2' Tender response.
A contract award decision will be made by scoring the 'Stage 2' Tender responses against the criteria specified in Section 8.4 of the attached ITT document.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tender submissions must be submitted via email to procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk, as specified in the attached ITT document.
The National Archives' public website is www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ↗
Timeline
29 Aug 2025 → 22 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published29 Aug 2025, 09:33 BST
- Clarification questions by12 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline392 days ago29 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by336 days ago24 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts330 days ago1 Dec 2025
- Assessment summaries sent222 days ago19 Mar 2026
- Standstill ends210 days ago30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published187 days ago22 Apr 2026, 11:24 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Aug 2025- Tender notice published29 Aug 2025, 09:33 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published17 Sept 2025, 11:44 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published19 Mar 2026, 10:24 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 Mar 2026, 10:24 GMT
- Contract signature expected6 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Procurement termination notice published22 Apr 2026, 11:24 BSTUK12
Published amendments (1)
Updated on 17/09/2025 - Q&A document added which comprises clarification questions received, and our responses to them.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 29 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dextrous Web LtdSME7 Apr 2026 – 6 Apr 2028 · up to 6 Apr 2029Extensions: one optional extension of 12 months duration | £2,875,000 | 13 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · The Dextrous Web LtdSME
- Signed
- date not published
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 30 Nov 2027
- Status
- cancelled (14 Apr 2026)
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 28 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THE DEXTROUS WEB LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Stage 2 ITT documentation will be emailed to the top-five-ranked bidders from Stage 1 of this procurement process, as described in the attached ITT document.
- Bidding documents and specifications ITT Document
- Bidding documents and specifications Clarification questions received, and our responses to them.
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender