Official UK procurement notice
Legal Online Subscription · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 to notify the market of the intention to award a contract and to formally commence the standstill period for the provision of online legal research, legal knowledge, specialist legal publishing services and Schofield Election Law licences.
Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited will provide access to an online legal database containing unique content Transport for London (TfL) requires, including online textbook publications that are leading industry authorities. The content can only be made available from the source publisher i.e. Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited.
Westlaw UK Premium and Practical Law UK are proprietary services which contain unique content only published by Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited.
In accordance with the Procurement Act 2024, this Contract Award Notice triggers an 8 working day standstill period, as applied automatically by the Find a Tender system.
The Authority will not enter into the contract before the end of this standstill period.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Aug 2026, 10:46 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2026, 15:23 BST
- Authority reference
WS3227952491- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076893- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e22cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
Transport for London (TfL) intends to award a contract to Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited under clause 41(1) and Schedule 5 paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023.
Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited will provide access to an online legal database containing unique content TfL requires, including online textbook publications that are leading industry authorities. The content can only be made available from the source publisher, i.e. Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited.
Westlaw UK Premium and Practical Law UK are proprietary services which contain unique content only published by Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Aug 2026- Transparency notice published12 Aug 2026, 10:46 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published12 Aug 2026, 15:23 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected25 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 | £390,151 | 1 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
| THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 | £11,176 | 1 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender