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Official UK Procurement Procedure
Framework for Major Project Legal Services
Authority:ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS(Public Body)
Framework Agreement
services
Open procedure
Above threshold
{"lightTouch"}
Accelerated
Delivery:
Framework ceiling (notional)
£10,000,000
System end date
8 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
Lots published
1
Contract duration
5 yrs
What is being bought & procurement scope
Procurement Scope & Specification
Executive Summary: ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS: "Framework for Major Project Legal Services". Published status: active. Published value: £10,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.
Official Requirement Description:
ABP is establishing a panel of law firms who it may appoint to provide planning and consenting advice, as well as other legal advice and strategy, for complex, large-scale, multi-year projects in respect of its nationally significant infrastructure. The framework will run for 5 years.
The framework will be a national framework across ABP’s portfolio of property across the UK. The successful applicants will be required to evidence their ability to deliver the services as set out in the scope.
The framework value is estimated at £10,000,000 this is not committal spend or guarantee of services.
Lots and requirements (1)
Procurement Structure
- Lot #1Lot 1activePublished valueAED 10,000,000The source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract period:2 Nov 2026 — 8 Nov 2031 (5 yrs)Eligibility:Not published
Published award criteria & contract terms
From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 140
Price: 60
Published sub-criteria
- Technical — 70
- Technical — 70
- Commercial — 30
- Commercial — 30
Published terms
Contract duration5 yrs
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS buys Legal advisory and representation services (CPV 7911) — and who usually turns up
ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS’s own published record, next to the North East England market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: sector page →
1
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
This authority
ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 2 in division 79 · 7 in all categories
Bids per lot14all categories · 36m · n=11 lots
Single-bid lots0%all categories · 36m · n=11 lots
Award vs estimate12% aboveall categories · 24m · n=1 pairs
Deadline → award88dall categories · 24m · n=10 notices
Notice updates3all categories · 24m · n=48 notices
Awarded without competition0%all categories · 36m · n=7 notices
The market · delivery region
North East England · Legal advisory and representation services (CPV 7911)
framework/DPS notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 15 in CPV 7911 (15 contested) · 180 in division 79 (168 contested)
Bids per lot4CPV 7911 · 36m · n=15 lots
Single-bid lots0%CPV 7911 · 36m · n=15 lots
Award vs estimate—not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price
Deadline → award92ddivision 79 · 36m · n=25 notices
SME bidders30%CPV 7911 · 36m · n=8 lots
Winners based in the region100%CPV 7911 · 36m · n=11 awards
Method and what to read with care
- Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
- Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
- Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
| Procedure method | Open procedure | Legal basis | UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023 | Procurement category | services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notice status | Open for tender | Procurement threshold | Above threshold (FTS publication) | Regulatory regime | {"lightTouch"} |
| Commercial structure | Framework agreement | Competition type | Competitive procedure | GPA WTO covered | Unspecified in notice |
| Recurring procurement | No (One-off requirement) | First published | 17 Sept 2026, 13:15 BST | Last source update | 17 Sept 2026, 13:15 BST |
| Award evaluation window | Submission end — 29 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT | Accelerated procedure | Yes · Light touch contract | Classification (CPV) | Legal advisory and information services, Legal advisory and representation services, Legal advisory services, Legal representation services, Legal services |
| Delivery area | |||||
| Official Registry OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-07745a | ||||
How to participate & submission route
Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
Supplier login required
Online submission allowed
Language: EN
Access & Registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
| Expression of interest (EOI) | — | Tender submission deadline | 8 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST | Clarification deadline | None published in notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission channel | Official e-sourcing portal | Electronic submission | Allowed | Accepted languages | en |
| Participation fee | Free of charge (Open access) | ||||
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
Timeline
- Procedure published
17 Sept 2026, 13:15 BST - System end date
8 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Awards (0)No award published |
Contracts (0)No contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Notice history
1 lines · 1 source events
- Official notice release published
17 Sept 2026, 13:15 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS
Contracting authority
Public Body
Official Documents & Specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 17 Sept 2026, 13:15 BST