Official UK procurement notice
LBLA Solicitors (Legal Services) Framework extension
Authority: Westminster City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionWestminster City Council on behalf of the London Boroughs' Legal Alliance (LBLA) tendered for a Legal Services framework, this notice is for the 6 month extension of the framework.
CPV: Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 11 bids received · 11 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1RegenerationCancelled UK
Westminster City Council on behalf of the London Boroughs' Legal Alliance (LBLA) tendered for a Legal Services framework. This notice is for the 6 month extension of the contract
Lot #2Full Range of Legal ServicesCancelled UK
Westminster City Council on behalf of the London Boroughs' Legal Alliance (LBLA) tendered for a Legal Services framework. This notice is for the 6 month extension of the contract
Lot #3Legal advisory services in relation to Regeneration East of England, London +1
Legal advisory services in relation to Regeneration.
Provide legal advisory services to the Authorities in relation to Regeneration related work for which the Authorities require legal input including but not limited to:
- development agreements
- joint ventures
- large scale portfolio work
- mixed use development
- construction & regeneration
- public procurement advice & tendering (including competitive dialogue)
- planning inquiries
- complex planning agreements
- site assembly
- review of construction contract terms and conditions
- review of warranties to sub-contractors and sub-consultants
- agreement of contract terms and conditions for construction contracts with any successful contractor
- environmental matters
- related state aid
- any dispute or litigation closely connected with a regeneration project.
- procurement in relation to regeneration
- compulsory purchase in regard to development
- tax in relation to regeneration
Lot #4Full Range of Legal Services East of England, London +1
Full Range of Legal Services
5.2. Provide legal advisory services to the Authorities in relation to the Full Range of Legal Services (excluding regeneration) for which the Authorities require legal input including but not limited to the following four categories:
- Litigation including but not limited to:
- Housing
- Employment
- General civil including complex debt collection
- Construction
- Commercial including but not limited to:
- Contracts
- Procurement
- PPP/PFI
- Education law and education Projects
- Property including but not limited to:
- General Planning
- Highway agreements
- Landlord & Tenant (including Housing)
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
- Sales and Leasehold
- Small scale development projects
- Other Miscellaneous Local Government work including and not limited to:
- Freedom of information law, data protection and governance
- Licensing
- Pensions
- Elections
- State Aid in regard to commercial matters and procurement
- Local authority companies
- Charity law
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 (2)
- Technical: 50%
- Price: 50%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 50
- Price: 50
- Price: 50 / 50
- Suitability
Organisations on the framework are required to be registered with the solicitors regulatory authority. www.sra.org.uk ↗
- 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.
- “LBLA Solicitors (Legal Services) Framework extension” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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
- Yes
- First published
- 19 Apr 2021, 22:55 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2025, 14:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 21 May 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-058518- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a7c0Find a Tender
Publisher note: Westminster City Council is acting as central purchasing body (as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) for the purposes of undertaking this procurement exercise and concluding a separate framework agreement (“Framework Agreement”) with each of the successful Bidders. The services to be procured from the framework are classified as follows: • Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as “Legal services, to the extent not excluded by regulation 10(1)(d)” • Regulation 10(1)(d) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 For the avoidance of doubt, the framework is to be procured in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulations 74 to 78, more commonly known as the Light Touch Regime. The precise tendering procedure are described in the tender documents which are available free of charge at https://www.capitalesourcing.com/ . To access the documents interested tenderers will need to register and set up a company profile if they are not registered already. The tender reference is itt_WCC_14320. Subject to permission from Westminster City Council the framework will also be available to: The London Boroughs' Legal Alliance, comprised of the London Boroughs of Bexley, Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Havering, Hillingdon, Islington, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, the Royal Borough of Greenwich, the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, the City of London Corporation, Westminster City Council, HB Public Law (the London Boroughs of Harrow, Barnet, and Hounslow, Aylesbury Vale District Council), and Slough Borough Council) and the London Fire and Planning Authority. - All Local authorities within Greater London and South-East England including but not limited to: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex, the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Southwark. - Alternative business structures and companies wholly owned by the local authorities.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 21 May 2021, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 21 May 2021, 14:00 BST
Timeline
21 May 2021 → 22 Sept 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown21 May 2021, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened21 May 2021, 14:00 BST
- Notice published400 days ago22 Sept 2025, 14:08 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Sept 2025- Status changed to complete22 Sept 2025, 14:08 BST
- Buyer details updated22 Sept 2025, 14:08 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
LBLA Solicitors (Legal Services) Framework Extension
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- capitalEsourcingContracting authorityRegional or local authorityGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
11 commercial parties on the notice- Anthony Collins Solicitors LLPFramework contractor
- Ashfords LLPFramework contractor
- Bevan Brittan LLPFramework contractor
- Birketts LLPFramework contractor
- Browne Jacobson LLPFramework contractor
- Capsticks SolicitorsFramework contractor
- DWF LLPFramework contractor
- Pinsent Masons LLPFramework contractor
- Sharpe Pritchard LLPFramework contractor
- TLT LLPFramework contractor
- Trowers and Hamlin LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria