Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Subscription to Practical Law Legal Database
Authority: National Oceanography Centre (Public body)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£33,686published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 1 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Thomas Reuters (Professional) UK Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe NOC required access to Practical Law, a legal database provided by Thomson Reuters, for the Legal & Governance team. This supplier was chosen because Practical Law is only available through Thomson Reuters and best meets the team's technical and operational needs.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- 16 Dec 2025, 09:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2025, 09:39 GMT
- Authority reference
2025PRNOC-1029- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083131- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f63eFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published16 Dec 2025, 09:39 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £33,6861 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Reuters (Professional) UK Ltd | £33,686 inc. VAT † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Thomas Reuters (Professional) UK Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Dec 2025
- Value
- £33,686 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender