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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Access to Law Publications

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 04:54.

Opportunity overview

Direct award to procure access to specific publisher owned law publications for teaching delivery. The contract was signed in July 2025 with an end date as given in the notice, below.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Oxford University Press

No match
Published award value
£2.5m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PYVB-9591-LMVZ
Location
Oxford, UKJ14, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
OUPA11574
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the sole provider to offer access to OUP's portfolio of law textbooks. No alternative supplier can offer the same collection or access model as OUP holds exclusive intellectual property rights. The titles will be embedded within several Open University law modules and will be required for course delivery. No alternative supplier can offer the same collection or access model, to meet OU qualification specifications.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
Id
GB-CHC-RC000391

Identifier

Scheme
GB-CHC
Id
RC000391

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYNW-6296-ZJQQ

Address

Street Address
Walton Hall
Locality
Milton Keynes
Postal Code
MK7 6AA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ12

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Oxford University Press
Id
GB-PPON-PYVB-9591-LMVZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYVB-9591-LMVZ

Address

Street Address
Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street
Locality
Oxford
Postal Code
OX2 6DP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Access to Law Publications
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
80000000
Description
Education and training services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ12
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
2,500,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYVB-9591-LMVZ
Name
Oxford University Press

Contract period

Starts
20 Jan 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Aug 2030, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
005008-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
20 Jan 2026, 16:23
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
20 Jan 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Milton Keynes · UKJ12 · MK7 6AA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 005008-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·