# Legal Research Tool

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION](/buyers/the-electoral-commission/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Lexisnexis Butterworths
- Award value: £65,535
- Tender value: £65,535
- Award date: 30 March 2025
- Published: 8 July 2025
- Contract start: 1 April 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6d16d689-7915-4542-9706-778f0baa8b57-853375
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d09d2b45-6975-405c-beb4-3afc437d3a66

## Description

Legal research tools to support the delivery of the in-house legal service and a wide range of other functions across the Commission, inc\. advice, guidance, enforcement, information management etc\. Specifically provides specialist online legislation \(inc\. extremely specialist Northern Ireland legislation\) and caselaw research, as well as bespoke legal hard copy resources, including being the publisher of Parkers on the Conduct of Elections, Civil Court Practice, and Stones Justice Manual, and specialist guidance of a range of relevant legal topics\.

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- [Legal publication titles](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d874d8f0-9b32-40a2-b86d-cede81f95fbb): Office of Parliamentary Counsel

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6d16d689-7915-4542-9706-778f0baa8b57-853375)