Law Trove

Description

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.

Key facts

Procedure

Direct award

Lots

1

Contact

procurement_enquiries@ulster.ac.uk

Contract period

4 Nov 2026 → 31 Oct 2029

Value incl. VAT

£323k

Category

services

Awarded suppliers

• Oxford University Press · GB-PPON-PYVB-9591-LMVZ · UKJ14, GB

Ground given for limiting competition

The buyer’s own stated reason for awarding without open competition, as published. Their assertion, not a finding.

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 a Sole Publisher Letter. Textbooks remain fundamental to legal education, particularly for students encountering complex legal principles for the first time. Law Trove provides access to many of the leading texts recommended on module reading lists and offers powerful search functionality, cross-linking, accessibility features and multi-device access. The resource enjoys strong support from the School of Law and is embedded within teaching across the curriculum. 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.