Official UK procurement notice
Legal Panel for Public Sector · The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Jan 2025)
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Public Sector Agreement for the provision of Legal Services for use primarily by the Wider Public Sector / UK public sector bodies. The proposed commercial vehicle(s) will include a comprehensive list of legal specialisms, including but not limited to the following which may change as a result of
further market engagement:
Commercial
Contracts Law
Property Construction and Real Estate
Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Employment Law
PFI/PPP
Projects
Public Procurement Law
Costs Lawyer Services
Health, Healthcare and Social Care
Transport
Education
The agreement will replace and bring together specialisms currently available under live agreements:
RM6240 Public Sector Legal Services
RM6284 Costs Lawyer Services 2
The lotting structure of this framework will be determined as a result of the market engagement.
Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.
CPV: Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Legal advisory services · Legal documentation and certification services · Legal representation services · Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Legal Panel for the Public SectorPlanned
Legal Panel for the Public Sector
The agreement will replace RM6240 Public Sector Legal Services & RM6284 Costs Lawyer Services 2. It will continue to cover legal specialisms relevant to the public sector.
Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions during early 2025 with suppliers interested in bidding for the resulting panel contracts. If you would like to be involved please express your interest by emailing [email protected] with the subject line ‘RM6374 Supplier Engagement’ no later than midday on Monday 3rd March 2025. Your email must clearly state: name of your organisation, contact details for the individual(s) who will be participating in the market engagement and further details will be provided to you.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Jan 2025, 13:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2025, 13:49 GMT
- Authority reference
RM6374- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001186- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cfe2Find a Tender
Publisher note: This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to procure a new Public Sector Legal Services agreement and to that end to commence market engagement within the legal market. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Public Sector Agreement for the provision of Legal Services for use primarily by the Wider Public Sector / UK public sector bodies including Health, Education bodies, Local and Regional Government organisations, Emergency Services and Third Sector organisations. Consideration is being given to the addition of legal training by legal practitioners as a service provided through this agreement. Inclusion of this service will be determined by the outcome of the engagement session held with both buyers and the market. The drivers for the development and procurement of this agreement are to: - Provide buyers with a compliant route to market for Legal Services - Offer an improved agreement for both buyers and suppliers - Provide buyers with access to high quality legal services - Achieve value for money The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years. The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice. A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/71dcb67d-de71-41ad-9819-66a69e37240d
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Jan 2025 → 2 Jan 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published14 Jan 2025, 13:49 GMT
- Tender notice expected294 days ago2 Jan 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.