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ID 1032027/L8 Legal Services for Strategic Partner Services & School Management System Solution Project

Legal services
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: the Education Authority: "ID 1032027/L8 Legal Services for Strategic Partner Services & School Management System Solution Project". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting Authoritythe Education AuthorityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: the Education Authority
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Published history for the Education Authority. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
8.7Bids / Report
5.6% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 278 active published awards; 90 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting Authoritythe Education Authority
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Jul 2026, 17:12 BST
Last source update24 Jul 2026, 17:12 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLegal services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d3b8
What is being bought
The provision of legal services for the Strategic Partner Services and School Management System Solution project.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Jul 2026, 17:12 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    24 Jul 2026, 17:12 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    24 Jul 2026, 17:12 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The provision of legal services for the Strategic Partner Services and School Management System Solution project.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    24 Jul 2026, 17:12 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 15 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · £462,500
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Carson McDowell LLP
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£462,500 · signed 15 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

the Education Authority

Contracting authority GB-FTS-84187
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  • the Education Authority
    buyer

    40 Academy Street, Belfast, UK, BT1 2NQ
    edis.procure@eani.org.uk

  • Carson McDowell LLP
    supplier

    Belfast, UKN
    law@carson-mcdowell.com

  • The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation procedures
    reviewBody

    Balfast
Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThis contract was a call-off contract awarded under Lot 8 of the CPD Framework ID 1032027 for Legal Services and commenced on 11th January 2022 for a period of three years. The contract was subsequently modified to extend its term for a further period of 2 years until 10 January 2027 and to increase the value to cover this additional contract period, and a Modificaiton Notice was published to the market on 10 January 2025 (2025/S 000-000917). It has become necessary to further modify this contract until 31 March 2028 and to uplift the contract value by 50 percent of the original contract value (i.e. £462,500) to support the ongoing procurement of this requirement. The modification is permissible under the grounds of Regulation 72 (1) (b) of the PCR, 2015, and meets the following conditions; (b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor— (i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement, or (ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority, provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract; For technical reasons a change in supplier is not possible at this stage. The provider has been contracted to provide legal advice and support on this requirement since January 2022 and has built up critical knowledge and understanding which will be required to proceed with this complex strategic procurement exercise required over the next 2 years. To change supplier at this critical time would result in loss of expertise, knowledge and impact the project timelines significantly and would result in substantial duplication of costs for the EA. The contract is required to ensure continuity of legal advice and support in relation to development of critical work. Retaining the existing provider will enable the contracting authority to access consistent, informed, and timely legal services based on the supplier’s established understanding of the procurement environment and associated risks. EA has already issued the PSQ stage to market on 8th June 2026 via UK4 Tender Notice 2026/S 000-053968 which subsequently closed on 17th July 2026. The additional value is required to cover services in relation to support on the procurement.The value of this potential modification is £462,500 and does not exceed 50% of the original contract value.