Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for Legal Representation for the Insurance team
Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorfolk County Council requires legal services for the in-house insurance team to predominately help support the delivery of the claims service, and retendered its expiring framework agreement for these services.
CPV: Legal advisory and representation services · Legal representation services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 9 bids received (1.5 per place) · 7 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Council was seeking to purchase legal representationAwardedPublished value£1,600,000
The Council was seeking to purchase legal representation. The service will provide a high standard of professional service advice and guidance on all matters relating to insurance claims handled by the team. Typical duties include but are not limited to:
- Provision of general legal advice
- Representing the authority in litigation
- Maintaining a knowledge of issues facing the authority and being prepared to offer legal opinions
- Supporting the development and knowledge of the insurance team.
The insurance team provide support to the Norse Group and as such require coverage across the country.
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Scenarios: 30%
- Risk Management: 5%
- Training and development: 5%
- Fraud: 5%
- Added value: 5%
- Cost effectiveness: 10%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (7)
- Scenarios: 30
- Cost effectiveness: 10
- Risk Management: 5
- Training and development: 5
- Fraud: 5
- Added value: 5
- Price: 40
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Framework Agreement for Legal Representation for the Insurance team” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 31 Mar 2021, 09:25 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2025, 12:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Jun 2021 – …
- Authority reference
NCCT42187- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049808- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a138Find a Tender
- Review procedure
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen)unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings maybe brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.
Publisher note: The procurement will be managed electronically via the council's e-procurement system. To express an interest in the procurement and obtain the tender documents, interested parties must first be registered on the system at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the tenders section, express an interest and download the procurement documents. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning+44 8442728810 or emailing: [email protected].
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Jun 2021, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 7 Jun 2021, 11:05 BST
Timeline
7 May 2021 → 19 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected7 May 2021, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Jun 2021, 11:00 BST
- Bids opened7 Jun 2021, 11:05 BST
- Notice published19 Aug 2025, 12:51 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Apr 2021- Status changed to active28 Apr 2021, 08:32 BST
- Procurement method changed28 Apr 2021, 08:32 BST
- Deadline published: 7 Jun 2021, 11:00 BST28 Apr 2021, 08:32 BST
- Status changed to complete23 Aug 2021, 10:43 BST
- Buyer details updated19 Aug 2025, 12:51 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2021-03: 1 release · 31 Mar 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,600,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 020587-2021-1
- Signed
- 23 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 049808-2025-NCCT42187-1
- Signed
- 23 Aug 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
- Change The framework agreement has been extended by 6 months while a reprocurement is undertaken. Additionally, one of the originally appointed suppliers ceased trading in 2023 and can no longer be awarded contracts under the framework agreement., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Services are still needed under the framework agreement whilst a reprocurement of the framework agreement takes place.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9bids · 9 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
12 commercial parties on the notice- Browne JacobsonFramework contractor
- Browne Jacobson SolicitorsFramework contractor
- DAC BeachcroftFramework contractor
- DAC Beachcroft LLPFramework contractor
- DWF LLPFramework contractor
- DWF Law LLPFramework contractor
- Kennedys LawFramework contractor
- Kennedys Law LLPFramework contractor
- Plexus Legal LLPFramework contractor
- Plexus Legal LLPFramework contractor
Show 2 more suppliers
- Weightmans LLPFramework contractor
- Weightmans LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria