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# Legal Services Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legal-services-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-0659a1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Karbon Homes: "Legal Services Framework". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £8. 8 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: app.panacea-software.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Karbon Homes](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/karbon-homes-rsh-4846)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £8 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 June 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 8
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKE
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 12 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legal-services-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-0659a1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0659a1`

- **Who May Use the Framework:** BELIEVE HOUSING LIMITED
Coast House, Spectrum 4, Spectrum Business Park
Seaham
SR7 7TT
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@believehousing.co.uk
Incommunities Limited
The Quays, Victoria Street, Shipley,
Bradford
BD17 7BN
scott.duffield@incommunities.co.uk
Beyond Housing Limited
Brook House, 4 Gladstone Road,
Scarborough
YO12 7BH

## 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-services-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-0659a1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [app.panacea-software.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.panacea-software.com%2FKarbonHomes%2FeRFX-Suppliers%2FOpenReq.aspx%3FrequirementId%3Dc0a21ba1-57a0-4b12-be60-8897395f5673)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legal-services-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-0659a1#participate

## Description
The Contracting Authorities seek to establish a legal panel/Framework for the provision of legal services to support each Contracting Authority's legal requirements. 
Please note the original UK4 notice used to advertise our requirements contained an administrative error, it stated the "Estimated total value is contained within the ITT" 
In acknowledgement of this error, we will not be entering into a formal contract with the successful bidders until after 30 days of the publication of this notice.
The total estimated value of our intended framework is £14,000,000, the break down by is as follows: 
Lot 1	£875000
Lot 2	£1820000
Lot 3 	£1750000
Lot 4	£1750000
Lot 5 	£560000
Lot 6	£2450000
Lot 7 	£2870000
Lot 8	£1925000

## Lots (8)
### Lot 1: General Property/Real Estate and Conveyancing (Commercial and Residential)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 01/08/2026 to 31/07/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Development and New Build Housing Disposals
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000

- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 01/08/2026 to 31/07/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Planning and Construction
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000

- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 01/08/2026 to 31/07/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: Property Securitisation
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000

- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 01/08/2026 to 31/07/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 5: Housing Law and Residential Landlord and Tenant (non-Commercial)
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000

- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 01/08/2026 to 31/07/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 6: Governance, Regulation and Compliance
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000

- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 01/08/2026 to 31/07/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 7: Corporate, Commercial and Finance
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000

- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 01/08/2026 to 31/07/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 8: Employment and Pensions 
- **Lot id:** `8`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000

- **Estimated Value:** £1

- **Contract Period:** 01/08/2026 to 31/07/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (8)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Anthony Collins Solicitor**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-168602`
  - Value: £1,750,000 (exc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice
  - Date: 30/07/2026

- **Award:** 2 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **Bevan Brittan LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186650`
  - Value: £1,820,000 (inc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice
  - Date: 30/07/2026

- **Award:** 3 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Devonshires Solicitors LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-69433`
  - Value: £1,750,000 (inc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice
  - Date: 30/07/2026

- **Award:** 4 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **FORBES SOLICITORS LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-170566`
  - Value: £560,000 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 30/07/2026

- **Award:** 5 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **TROWERS & HAMLINS LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-62388`
  - Value: £2,450,000 (inc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice
  - Date: 30/07/2026

- **Award:** 6 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **WARD HADAWAY LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-160370`
  - Value: £2,870,000 (inc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice
  - Date: 30/07/2026

- **Award:** 7 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK) LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-171745`
  - Value: £1,925,000 (inc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice
  - Date: 30/07/2026

- **Award:** 8 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **CAPSTICKS SOLICITORS LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-62392`
  - Value: £1,750,000 (inc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice
  - Date: 30/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040706-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-21T15:29:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T04:29:34.307Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0659a1