Official UK procurement notice
Barristers Framework Agreement · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA framework will be procured under the Procurement Act 2023 and is intended to provide a compliant, cost effective, and transparent route to instructing barristers across a wide range of legal specialists relevant to local government.
CPV: Legal advisory and representation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Barristers Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Oct 2025, 15:45 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Oct 2025, 15:45 BST
- Authority reference
CWC25161- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063406- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05aaddFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
8 Oct 2025 → 25 May 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published384 days ago8 Oct 2025, 15:45 BST
- Market engagement379 days ago13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Pre market engagement published via the ProActis Portal, this can be found on the following link: www.wolverhamptontenders.com ↗. Suppliers who would like to participate should complete the questionnaire found within the relevant link and upload as a response to the question found within the "Market Warming" section.
- Contract starts156 days ago25 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Oct 2025, 15:45 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender