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title: "Legal Service Framework Agreement"
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# Legal Service Framework Agreement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legal-service-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-049630). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Birmingham City University: "Legal Service Framework Agreement". Published status: tenderUpdate. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Birmingham City University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-city-university-urn-133788)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-049630`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legal-service-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-049630#tl-md)

## Description
Birmingham City Council (BCU) wishes to establish a multi-provider Framework Agreement for the provision of legal services. BCU is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations"). This Framework Agreement is being procured under the restricted procedure (under the light touch regime). The University’s requirements for legal services cover a wide range of areas which have been split into six lots: 
Lot 1 Property & Estates
Lot 2 Employment
Lot 3 Education, Student Matters
Lot 4 Commercial/ Procurement/ Data/ Construction Contracts
Lot 5 Consolidated IP (Patents &Trademarks)
Lot 6 One Stop Shop

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027512-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-29T09:05:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:07:27.906Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-049630