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# ESC21184 - Legal Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/esc21184-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02c714). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ENERGY SYSTEMS CATAPULT LIMITED: "ESC21184 - Legal Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £740,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [ENERGY SYSTEMS CATAPULT LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/energy-systems-catapult-limited-coh-08705784)
- **Published Value:** £740,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 August 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c714`

## 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/esc21184-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02c714#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Dc3f1ca65-26e3-eb11-810d-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/esc21184-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02c714#participate

## Description
The Catapult is undertaking a tender exercise to appoint a suitably capable and experienced provider(s) of legal advisory services (the Services).
The requirements under this requirement are broken down into the following 3 Lots
• Lot 1 – Full Service General Advice including but not limited to Commercial and Intellectual Property
• Lot 2 – Employment law
• Lot 3 – Public Procurement, Competition and Subsidy / State Aid

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 – Full Service General Advice including but not limited to Commercial and Intellectual Property
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Refer to the Scope document for a full description of the required services.
Full Service General Advice including but not limited to Commercial and Intellectual Property

### Lot 2: Lot 2 – Employment law
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Refer to the Scope document for a full description of the required services.
Employment law

### Lot 3: Lot 3 – Public Procurement, Competition and Subsidy / State Aid
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Refer to the Scope document for a full description of the required services.
Public Procurement, Competition and Subsidy / State Aid

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016290-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-13T07:54:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T04:50:44.364Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c714