University of Ulster Law Trove pending award to Oxford University Press

Tender information last checkedLast checked 12 Oct 2026, 17:06.

Opportunity overview

Online access to Law Trove, Oxford University Press's (OUP) online law textbook platform. Law Trove is Oxford University Press's (OUP's) online law textbook platform, providing unlimited online access to approximately 200 core and specialist law and criminology textbooks, together with exclusive study resources and platform functionality. The resource is widely used by students and staff and forms a key component of support for teaching, learning and assessment.

Awarded to

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Oxford University Press

No match

Published award value: £322.6k
Awarded: 11 Oct 2026
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

Transparency notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

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: DAC EXP2403
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen: Ulster University shall avail of a Direct Award Contract (DAC) due to Oxford University Press being the sole supplier of this content due to exclusive publishing rights as confirmed by letter confirming they are the sole publisher of the Oxford Law Trove online resources. Therefore the justification that is applicable is Schedule 5 Paragraph 5 - Single Supplier - Intellectual Property or Exclusive Rights: The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract- (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

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 UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
Id: GB-COH-RC000726

Identifier

Scheme: GB-COH
Id: RC000726

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PDLT-6268-MWZV

Address

Street Address: Finance Office
Locality: Coleraine
Postal Code: BT52 1SA
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKN0C

Contact

Email: procurement_enquiries@ulster.ac.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/ ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - sub-central government

Entry 2

Scheme: UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Id: GB-NIR
Description: Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

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

Email: salesagreements@oup.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Url: https://corp.oup.com/ ↗
Scale: large
Vcse: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Title: Law Trove
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: UKN
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT: 322,623.07
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-PPON-PYVB-9591-LMVZ
Name: Oxford University Press

Contract period

Starts: 1 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Oct 2029, 23:59

Related lots

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 096211-2026
Document Type: awardNotice
Notice Type: UK5
Description: Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096211-2026 ↗
Published: 12 Oct 2026, 15:52
Format: text/html

Milestones

Entry 1

Id: 1
Type: futureSignatureDate
Due: 23 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status: scheduled

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Coleraine · UKN0C · BT52 1SA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS

096211-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender · 12 Oct 2026, 15:52
096222-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 12 Oct 2026, 15:58

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

The University of Ulster has published a transparency notice for a proposed direct award to Oxford University Press for Law Trove online law-textbook access. The award is pending, with a future signature date scheduled; the published record does not confirm that a contract has been signed or started.

Published outcome signals

Published noticeTransparency notice published 12 October 2026Evidence: Award document 096211-2026 is described as a Transparency notice on Find a Tender and dated 2026-10-12.
Award statusPendingEvidence: Award 1 status is "pending".
Signature statusFuture signature scheduled; not evidenced as signedEvidence: Milestone type "futureSignatureDate" is scheduled for 2026-10-23; no signed-contract field is supplied.

96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096211-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0785de
First published: 12 Oct 2026
Last checked: 12 Oct 2026, 17:06
Notice versions reviewed: 2

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 12 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One pending award names Oxford University Press for Lot 1, valued at £322,623.07 gross.

Market significance

The buyer cites Oxford University Press’s exclusive publishing rights and no reasonable alternatives, indicating a single-supplier intellectual-property procurement rather than a competed market opportunity.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

Oxford University Press

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · 322623.07 GBP · Pending award

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Award 1 names Oxford University Press as supplier, relates to Lot 1, has pending status, and reports £322,623.07 gross.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Published notice

99% confidence

Transparency notice published 12 October 2026

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Award document 096211-2026 is described as a Transparency notice on Find a Tender and dated 2026-10-12.

Award status

99% confidence

Pending

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Award 1 status is "pending".

Signature status

99% confidence

Future signature scheduled; not evidenced as signed

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Milestone type "futureSignatureDate" is scheduled for 2026-10-23; no signed-contract field is supplied.

Contract start status

97% confidence

Planned start: 1 November 2026

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Award 1 contractPeriod startDate is 2026-11-01T00:00:00Z.

VALUES

Published values explained

Pending award value

99% confidence

£322,623.07 gross

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Award 1 value.amountGross is 322623.07 GBP.

Value allocation

95% confidence

The published value applies to Award 1 / Lot 1

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Award 1 is related to Lot 1; no separate lot value is supplied.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Notice publication

99% confidence

12 October 2026

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Award notice datePublished is 2026-10-12T15:52:09+01:00.

Scheduled signature date

99% confidence

23 October 2026

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Future-signature milestone dueDate is 2026-10-23T23:59:59+01:00.

Planned contract period

99% confidence

1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029

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Award 1 contractPeriod states startDate 2026-11-01 and endDate 2029-10-31.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Online access to Law Trove, Oxford University Press’s online law textbook platform

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Procurement title and description identify Law Trove and online access.

Content and users

98% confidence

Approximately 200 core and specialist law and criminology textbooks, study resources and platform functionality for students and staff

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Published description states the platform provides these resources and supports teaching, learning and assessment.

Procurement category

99% confidence

Services

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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is services.

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 80000000 — Education and training services

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Award item additional classification is CPV 80000000.

Delivery area

98% confidence

Northern Ireland (UKN)

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Award item delivery address region is UKN.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Direct award

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Tender procurementMethod is direct and procurementMethodDetails is Direct award.

Published rationale

99% confidence

Single supplier based on intellectual-property or exclusive rights

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The rationale says Oxford University Press is the sole supplier due to exclusive publishing rights and cites Schedule 5 Paragraph 5.

Alternatives

99% confidence

Buyer states there are no reasonable alternatives

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Published rationale explicitly states there are no reasonable alternatives to the required goods, services or works.

Competition information

98% confidence

No competition or bid-count information supplied

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The published record provides a direct-award rationale but no tender-response or bid-count data.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Planned term

99% confidence

Three years

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The stated period runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029.

Extension or renewal terms

98% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

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No extension, option or renewal clauses are included in the supplied award data.

Contract conclusion

99% confidence

Not confirmed

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The award is pending and the notice records a future signature milestone rather than a completed signature.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Market structure

98% confidence

The requirement is presented as proprietary content access tied to exclusive publishing rights.

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The buyer’s direct-award rationale identifies Oxford University Press as sole supplier due to exclusive publishing rights.

Commercial status

99% confidence

This is a proposed award, not evidence of an active contract.

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Award status is pending and signature is only scheduled for a future date.

Value interpretation

97% confidence

The disclosed £322,623.07 gross value covers the single pending award; no pricing or cost breakdown is published.

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Award 1 contains one gross value and no published price schedule or breakdown.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

96%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-0785de
Analysed: 12 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

THE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER

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Buyer party is named THE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Sub-central government public authority

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Buyer classification is "Public authority - sub-central government".

Regulatory context

99% confidence

Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

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Buyer details state GB-NIR and "Northern Irish devolved regulations apply".

Buyer location

99% confidence

Coleraine, United Kingdom

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Buyer address lists Coleraine, BT52 1SA.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Named supplier

99% confidence

Oxford University Press

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The supplier party and Award 1 supplier are named Oxford University Press.

Supplier identifier

99% confidence

GB-PPON-PYVB-9591-LMVZ

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Supplier party identifier is GB-PPON / PYVB-9591-LMVZ.

Published supplier scale

98% confidence

Large

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Supplier details record scale as large.

Supplier location

99% confidence

Oxford, United Kingdom

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Supplier address lists Oxford, OX2 6DP.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated re-procurement point

82% confidence

Around 31 October 2029, subject to any unpublished extension, replacement or change

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The explicit planned end date is 31 October 2029; no extension terms are supplied.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Pending status

99% confidence

The record is not evidence of a signed, concluded or active contract.

View supporting evidence

Award 1 is pending and its future-signature milestone remains scheduled.

Supplier identity

96% confidence

Oxford University Press is the published supplier name; no separate Companies House verification was applicable in the supplied workflow.

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Supplier identity status is "not_applicable" and no verified company name or number is supplied.

Lot detail

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 title, description and value fields are null.

Published commercial detail

97% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, evaluation, award-decision detail, pricing breakdown, extension terms and renewal terms.

View supporting evidence

These fields are absent from the supplied notice data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The pending award and scheduled future signature do not establish that a contract was signed, concluded or started.
No separate Companies House-verified legal name or company number is supplied; Oxford University Press is reported as the published supplier name.
Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, evaluation or scoring, pricing breakdown, extension terms, renewal terms and signed-contract evidence.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is named for the Law Trove award?

Oxford University Press is named as supplier for the pending Award 1.

Has the Law Trove contract been signed?

The supplied notice does not confirm signature. It records the award as pending and schedules a future signature date of 23 October 2026.

What is the published value and term?

The pending award value is £322,623.07 gross. The planned period is 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

Law Trove

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Oxford University Press

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Published documents

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Additional Identifiers

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Value

Suppliers

Contract period

Related lots

Documents

Milestones

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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