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title: "Fire Service Legal Services (FSO Enforcement Support Services)"
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# Fire Service Legal Services (FSO Enforcement Support Services)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fire-service-legal-services-fso-enforcement-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-067324). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority: "Fire Service Legal Services (FSO Enforcement Support Services)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 May 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: sell2.in-tend.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/county-durham-and-darlington-fire-and-rescue-authority-GB-PPON-PHZD-9911-YYLH)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 May 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Legal advisory and representation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £84,500 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fire-service-legal-services-fso-enforcement-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-067324#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-067324`

## 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/fire-service-legal-services-fso-enforcement-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-067324#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [sell2.in-tend.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsell2.in-tend.co.uk%2Fblpd%2Fhome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fire-service-legal-services-fso-enforcement-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-067324#participate

## Description
The Authorities require a suitably qualified Fire Safety Lawyer/legal representation at Magistrates and higher level courts to deal with fire safety cases as and when required. Fire Safety law is a specialist subject and a unique area of law and the providers must have expensive experience of Fire Safety Law and court proceedings.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79110000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0

- **Contract Period:** 31/05/2026 to 31/05/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **BLACKHURST BUDD LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:08460616`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Fire Service Legal Service (FSO Enforcement Support Services) (active)
  - Signed Value: £84,500
  - Signed Date: 31/05/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026984-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-10T15:25:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T12:01:09.192Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-067324