Official UK procurement notice
Legal Subscription Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Government Legal Department (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAn online legal subscription service.
CPV: Subscription services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1An online legal subscription service, which provides large and sophisticated databases…
An online legal subscription service, which provides large and sophisticated databases of legal information (e.g. case law) for the UK and abroad.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Apr 2024, 14:13 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Apr 2024, 14:13 BST
- Authority reference
GLD049 2023- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-012682- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04535bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
- Published justification
The Government Legal Department ("the Contracting Authority") is intending to enter into a contract with RELX (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexis ("LN") for the provision of online legal resource information services.
In summary, LN provides access to an online legal database containing unique content the Contracting Authority requires. This content can only be made available from the source publisher i.e. LN. Lexis + is a proprietary service which contains unique content only published by LN.
The purpose of this VEAT notice is to provide sufficient notice of the intention to award a four year contract to LN in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) and 32(2)(b)(iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("PCR").
Having reviewed its requirements for this contract, the Contracting Authority has concluded that an award to LN is permissible under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) and (iii) of the PCR because (i) LN is the only supplier in the market that can provide these technical services to the required specification and (ii) has protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights. The Contracting Authority is satisfied that no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not as a result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
The Contracting Authority shall enter into the contract with LN ten days after the date on which this VEAT notice is published.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RELX (UK) LIMITED | £8,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 012682-2024-1 · RELX (UK) LIMITED
- Signed
- 18 Apr 2024
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RELX (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexisAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.