West Publishing Corporation

City-funded organization

West Publishing Corporation is the Thomson Reuters subsidiary that publishes legal reference materials and operates the Westlaw online legal research platform, headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota (per Wikipedia and the page's own "Based in: Eagan, MN" data, out of state from NYC). Nearly all of its city business is legal research subscriptions and non-competitive renewals: contracts including "SUBSCRIPTION: WESTLAW ON-LINE DATABASE SERVICES" and "ONLINE LEGAL, NEWS, BUSINESS, PUBLIC RECORDS AND" with the DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service, both tagged "Subscription/membership" (no-bid), plus renewal contracts and "HighQ software and services" agreements with the Department of Education. The city has awarded West $42.2 million across 82 registered contracts since 2006 (including expired ones) and paid $44.1 million to date; 99% of contract value, $41.9 million across 67 contracts, was awarded without a fresh competitive bid. Its sole active contract is a $89,215 subscription, "West Complete Library Subscription (Print)," with Housing Preservation and Development, also tagged "Subscription/membership."

Industry (per city contracts)
Goods
City contracts (active)
$89,215 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$42,210,540 · 83 since 2006, incl. expired
Paid to date
$44,189,962
Won without a fresh bid
99% of contract value · $41,874,355 · 68 contracts
Based in
Eagan, MN (out of state)

Holds contracts at

City contracts

Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).

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