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# EKC Group Retained Legal Advice and Services 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ekc-group-retained-legal-advice-and-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-058fe7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Kent Colleges Group: "EKC Group Retained Legal Advice and Services 2025". Published status: complete. Published Value: £90,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [East Kent Colleges Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-kent-colleges-group-urn-130728)
- **Published Value:** £90,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 September 2025 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ, UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £94,575 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 19 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ekc-group-retained-legal-advice-and-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-058fe7#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058fe7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ekc-group-retained-legal-advice-and-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-058fe7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** Note:
QUESTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
Questions and clarifications to be sent to: queries.corporate.services@ekcgroup.ac.uk
Queries must be sent to this box within the windows for clarifications set out in the Invitation to Tender timeline.
MAKING A TENDER SUBMISSION
Submission ONLY to be sent to: tenders.corporate.services@ekcgroup.ac.uk
The submissions box will not be opened until Tuesday, 23 September 2025

## Description
TENDER REQUIREMENTS
This project is to procure Retained Legal Advice and Services which:
1. Provide ad-hoc access to a professional and legislatively sound advice and guidance service and paid at an agreed fixed fee each month or on an annual fee basis in the following nine key areas (non-exhaustive list):
a. Education law/student matters including disability discrimination, SEND, safeguarding, admissions and exclusions and service complaints;
b. Corporate governance and subsidiary company advice;
c. Freedom of information;
d. Health and safety;
e. Data protection;
f. Contracts, terms and conditions, service level agreements etc.;
g. Property disputes, leases, land and building matters, including capital projects;
h. Contractual disputes with third parties and;
i. General advice on issues affecting the running of the Group.
2. Provide unlimited telephone and email advice on a range of areas as detailed in the ITT Document (including those listed above)
3. Provide access and communicate with up to five specific members of the team, to be specified in the agreement as necessary.
4. Provide advice and guidance which adds value e.g. challenging assumptions and information provided. This will also include the provision of free briefings/update sessions/webinars on key legal changes as they arise e.g. circa 2 or 3 hours per annum.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £90,000

- **Contract Period:** 09/01/2026 to 08/01/2029

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** East Kent Colleges Group (EKC) : Retained Legal Advice & Service 2026 (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **VEALE WASBROUGH VIZARDS LLP, VWV Solicitors LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-170430`, `GB-FTS-171737`
  - Value: £94,575 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 27/11/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £94,575
  - Signed Date: 26/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F052242-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-26T10:42:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T08:41:25.749Z
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