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Published 27 Aug 2026, 17:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

prj_16438 - Legal Publications Framework Agreement 2027

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)

Framework agreementGoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Printed matter and related products (22) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£26,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 27 Apr 2027from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 30 Nov 2031 · up to 30 Nov 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ), on behalf of the Judicial Office and the Judicial Library and Information Service (jLIS), is currently exploring the future provision of legal publications, and invites the market to participate in preliminary market engagement prior to any procurement process.

The services being considered include those currently provided under the current Legal Publications Framework Agreement, including the supply of printed legal books, journals, subscriptions, and eBooks to support the judiciary and wider justice sector.

The Judicial Library and Information Service (jLIS) supports the judiciary by providing access to legal publications, legal information resources and related services required for the effective administration of justice. jLIS sits within the Judicial Office and supports judges and legal advisers across England and Wales.

Further information can be found on the Judicial Office Website www.gov.uk/government/organisat… ↗ and the Judiciary website www.judiciary.uk ↗

CPV: Printed books · Printed matter and related products · Publications

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Dec 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Dec 2027 – 30 Nov 2031 (4 yrs) · up to 30 Nov 2035 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
22000000 Printed matter and related products22110000 Printed books22120000 Publications

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “prj_16438 - Legal Publications Framework Agreement 2027” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Ministry of Justice buys Printed books (CPV 2211), and who usually turns up

Ministry of Justice’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Printed books (CPV 2211) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerMinistry of Justice · all categories
The marketPrinted books (CPV 2211) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 of 13 known-size awards · market: division 22 · UK-wide, n=40
31%68%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 10 known-location awards · market: division 22 · UK-wide, n=37
0%35%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 decided notices · market: division 22 · UK-wide, n=10
37 days63 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 37 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 3 of 16 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 22 · UK-wide, n=24
19%42%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer25 lots with bid counts · all categories
8% had one bid
The market35 lots with bid counts · CPV 2211 · UK-wide
14% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid8% / 14%
Buyer: 2 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 35 lots with published bid counts.
2–328% / 37%
Buyer: 7 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 35 lots with published bid counts.
4–620% / 23%
Buyer: 5 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 35 lots with published bid counts.
7+44% / 26%
Buyer: 11 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 35 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 2248 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£26m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 22. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 84 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet10% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 84 similar lots
1 bid10%
8 of 84 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–342%
35 of 84 similar past lots received 2–3 (42%).
4–633%
28 of 84 similar past lots received 4–6 (33%).
7+15%
13 of 84 similar past lots received 7+ (15%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 Aug 2026, 17:03 BST
Last source update
1 Sept 2026, 12:31 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082610
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Printed booksPrinted matter and related productsPublications
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ee08 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

27 Aug 2026 → 1 Dec 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published59 days ago
    27 Aug 2026, 17:03 BST
  2. Latest notice published54 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 12:31 BST
  3. Market engagement3 days ago
    22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

    The MoJ is undertaking preliminary market engagement to explore potential delivery options for future legal publication requirements. Information received through this engagement will help inform the MoJ’s understanding of the market and the development of any future requirements and procurement approach.

    The MoJ intends to undertake the market engagement activity on 8th October 2026 at 11.00-12.00.

    Interested parties are required to complete the following actions:

    1. Register for an account through the MoJ Sourcing Portal at ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
    2. Navigate to the left side menu and click on 'PQQs Open to All Suppliers' > find and click on 'PQQ_ 624 prj_16438 - Legal Publications Framework Agreement 2027 - Market Engagement'. For the avoidance of doubt this is not an actual PQQ just a space on our sourcing system to coordinate market engagement activities. There are no mandatory actions to take.
    3. Suppliers must express an interest by clicking 'Express interest' and will then be able to view the detail relating to market engagement.

    The 'PQQ_624 - prj_16438 - Legal Publications Framework Agreement 2027 - Market Engagement' area will be the forum used to communicate future events the first market engagement event to be held will be on 8 October 2026, on MS Teams. The Engagement deadline in this notice reflects the closing date for questionnaire submission by Suppliers following the session.

  4. Today
    25 Oct 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 184 days
    27 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract starts
    1 Dec 2027

Notice history

5 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Aug 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    27 Aug 2026, 17:03 BST
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    28 Aug 2026, 14:08 BST
    UK1
  3. Pipeline notice published
    28 Aug 2026, 15:08 BST
    UK1
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Aug 2026, 16:00 BST
    UK2
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Sept 2026, 12:31 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Changes to PQQ number

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2026-08: 2 releases · 27 Aug 2026, 28 Aug 2026

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Justice

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDNN-2773-HVYN 102 Petty France, London, London, SW1H 9AJContact email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure