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# Online Legal Research

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/online-legal-research-ocds-h6vhtk-06e601). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** General Medical Council (GMC): "Online Legal Research". Published status: active. Published Value: £70,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [General Medical Council (GMC)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/general-medical-council-gmc-GB-PPON-PXLD-1125-PGBY)
- **Published Value:** £70,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 September 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services, Legal advisory and information services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD, UKI
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/online-legal-research-ocds-h6vhtk-06e601#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06e601`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/online-legal-research-ocds-h6vhtk-06e601#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** www.mytenders.co.uk

## Description
The strategic context
The GMC’s in-house legal team requires access to a user-friendly legal research tool to support the provision of its various functions (such as Fitness to Practise or Registration and Revalidation), conduct associated litigation, develop policy and deliver business transformation as well as provide wider ad-hoc advice to the organisation.
The GMC has the requirement to access the following legal research online on a 24/7 basis:
- Access to extensive UK case law, across the 3 UK jurisdictions.
- Access to consolidated legislation.
Scope of requirement
Suppliers will be asked to set out the coverage they provide, but as a minimum to cover caselaw from:
- House of Lords/Supreme Court and Privy Council;
- The Court of Appeal;
- Administrative Court/King’s Bench Division/High Court;
- The Employment Appeals Tribunal;
- The European Court of Justice; and
- Northern Ireland (NI) and Scottish caselaw.
The GMC requires appropriate training to be available at both the initiation of the contract and for the purpose of supporting new users through the life of the contract. Training by video link is acceptable.
Website access to the service should be available to all solicitors and trainee solicitors employed by the GMC. The GMC currently employs 77 solicitors and trainee solicitors, therefore, the service should be priced to be available to no more than 80 users with the majority of users accessing through a single group login to enable ease of access for the team. Individual logins and personalised services will be required for 20 users. 
The GMC is seeking an optional service for journals (priced separately, if it attracts an additional cost). The journals we are interested in relate to: 
- Judicial Revies and public law;
- Charity Law;
- Regulation of Healthcare Professionals;
- Medical Law; and 
- Dispute Resolution/Civil Litigation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79140000, 80400000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD, UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £70,000

- **Contract Period:** 07/11/2026 to 06/11/2028

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F078289-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-17T15:57:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T20:58:29.316Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06e601