Official UK procurement notice
LexisNexis Database Subscription 2025-28
Authority: LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRenewal of the library-managed subscription to the
LexisNexis legal information service (branded as 'Lexis+')
for a period of three years until September 2028.
LexisNexis is a proprietary legal information and research
platform which provides access to legal cases, law reports,
legislation, journals and ebooks across most areas of legal
practice.
Access to this service is required to ensure
continued delivery and external validation of multiple
qualifying Law degree courses.
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
- 18 Jul 2025, 16:04 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jul 2025, 16:04 BST
- Authority reference
LMU2025-1898- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041405- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056258Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
The LexisNexis database is a proprietary product with no
direct substitutes and is only available for subscription
purchase direct from the supplier. A large proportion of the
content on the platform is the intellectual property of
LexisNexis due to the company's ownership of key legal
publisher imprints.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 18 Jul 2025- Transparency notice published18 Jul 2025, 16:04 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relx (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexis15 Sept 2025 – 14 Sept 2028 | £338,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RELX (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexisAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender