Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Thomson Reuters Limited
- Value
- £2,500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Justice services (CPV 75230000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 031763-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Feb 2024
- Published8 Apr 2026Published 770 days after the contract date
Description
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) on behalf of Legal Information Network for Scotland (LINETS) have entered into a contract with Thomson Reuters. This is for access for up to 1800 licenses to Westlaw UK. This is a vast library of consolidated primary and secondary law combined with expert guidance. These products are either solely owned or held under licence by Thomson Reuters and not available elsewhere in the marketplace.
About the supplier
Thomson Reuters Limited: every public contract they have won.