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Published 10 Sept 2025, 12:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

LexisNexis - Local Government Gold

Official notice

Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North West (UKD33)
Awarded value£210,893published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Relx (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexis

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract with LexisNexus for the provision of legal research services.

This include a subscription to the Local Government Gold Package

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
10 Sept 2025, 12:51 BST
Last source update
13 Oct 2025, 09:44 BST
Authority reference
P-0901
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064576
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North West (UKD33)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059784 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

These products are only available for purchase through LexisNexis.

Legal Services have used these services for a number of years and has 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

8 Oct 2025 → 13 Oct 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends379 days ago
    8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published375 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 09:44 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Sept 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 12:51 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    29 Sept 2025, 11:04 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    9 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    13 Oct 2025, 09:44 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £210,8931 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Relx (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexis22 Oct 2025 – 21 Oct 2028£210,89329 Sept 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • LexisNexis - Local Government Gold · Relx (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexis

    Signed
    9 Oct 2025
    Value
    £210,893
    Period
    22 Oct 2025 – 21 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