Online Legal Resources

The SSRO is seeking to award a 3 year contract for the provision of web-based access to legal resources, covering as a minimum:

1. Up to date legislation and statutory instruments and linked case law references and commentary; 2. Comprehensive databases of UK and EU case law; 3. Encyclopaedias, commentary, journals and practice guides in the following areas: (a) Procurement and contracts; (b) Administrative and public law; (c) Civil procedure, including Judicial Review; (d) Access to information, particularly: freedom of information, data protection, GDPR and official secrets; (e) Employment law; and 4. Comprehensive precedent documents.

The SSRO is also seeking pricing for the following additional services (or equivalents), which it may purchase at its sole discretion -

5. Law of Public and Utilities Procurement, volume 1 (3rd Edition), Arrowsmith; 6. Chitty on Contracts, volume 1 (33rd Edition), Beale; and/or 7. Public Procurement Law Review.

The Service should meet the following requirements: • Resources must be updated promptly to reflect developments in the law; • Resources must be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 a year, subject to a minimum level of disruption which the bidder should specify in the tender. • Resources must be available for two concurrent users.