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Published 21 Aug 2025, 09:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Practical Law and Westlaw

Official notice

Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Awarded value£496,586published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 19 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of legal research services. This include a subscription to Practical Law Premium and Westlaw Edge and a number of other publications (15 in total)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
79100000 Legal services

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
21 Aug 2025, 09:39 BST
Last source update
10 Sept 2025, 09:51 BST
Authority reference
P-0528
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055241
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058bd2 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

The publications required are only available for purchase through Thomson Reuters, who own the intellectual property rights to the publications/brands

MCC Legal Services have used these services for a number of years and have established business processes around them.

Failing to maintain the subscription would cause significant disruption to their ability to provide legal services.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 Sept 2025 → 10 Sept 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    2 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 09:51 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Aug 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 09:39 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 09:48 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    5 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 09:51 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £496,5861 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2028£496,58619 Aug 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Practical Law and Westlaw · THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED

    Signed
    5 Sept 2025
    Value
    £496,586
    Period
    1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2028
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: The contract is for off shelf software solutions and publications which is bespoke to the provider. The provider also owns the intellectual property rights to the publications. 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