Official UK procurement notice
Oxford Law Trove Subscription
Authority: University of Essex (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University wishes to procure a three year subscription to the Oxford Law Trove platform for the student population commencing on the 1st September 2026.
As a provider of Law degrees Unviersity of Essex must provide its staff and students with access to extensive range of legal materials. Sourcing this material in an electronic format is preferable for our staff / students to access the content at their convenience outside of the physical library's opening hours. The content included within Oxford Law Trove is unique and Oxford University Press own the IPR for this and the Law Trove platform. This means the services are only available from this one supplier.
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
- 19 Aug 2026, 15:41 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2026, 15:49 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079133- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e7e4Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement; only one supplier could deliver (user choice)
- Published justification
As a provider of Law degrees University of Essex must provide its staff and students with access to extensive range of legal materials. Sourcing this material in an electronic format is preferable for our staff / students to access the content at their convenience outside of the physical library's opening hours. The content included within Oxford Law Trove is unique and Oxford University Press own the IPR for this and the Law Trove platform. This means the services are only available from this one supplier.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Aug 2026- Transparency notice published19 Aug 2026, 15:41 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published19 Aug 2026, 15:49 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford University Press Limited1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 | £275,000 | 19 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Oxford University PressAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender