Official UK procurement notice
Legal Support – Renewable Energy Development
Authority: Forestry Commission (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRenewable development (notably wind development) presents a new strategic opportunity for Forestry England which will require Forestry England, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, to enter into a range of complex legal agreements including partnerships with other developers and relevant stakeholders.
Renewable energy development is a highly specialist area, it therefore necessitates access to legal advisers with specific expertise and experience in this sector to ensure appropriate risk management and compliance throughout the development lifecycle.
CPV: Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Places
- up to 4 suppliers · 16 bids received (4.0 per place) · 4 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Sept 2026
Published description of the framework
Orders will be carried out in accordance with the hourly rates or fixed fee pricing that is put forward as part of the Supplier’s tender. Each Order must include a fee estimate or agreed fixed fee, together with any anticipated disbursements, all of which must be set out in a Order scope and approved by the Commission before any work commences.
All Orders are direct awarded following the awards without re-opening competition process defined in Framework Agreement Clause 4.2.
The Supplier will provide pre instruction advice at Associate level to support initial discussions and help determine necessary actions before any formal Order is agreed.
Where the first-ranked Supplier on the relevant framework lot:
- has a conflict of interest;
- is unable to meet a specific Order requirement due to insufficient knowledge or expertise;
- is unable to or does not provide pre-instruction advice or submit a quotation within the required timescales;
- is unable to deliver the services within the timescales required in the Order;
- does not submit a quotation in accordance with the Framework Price List;
- or declines to quote,
the Commission will offer the opportunity to the next-ranked Supplier following the process above.
This process will continue sequentially through all four Suppliers appointed to the framework. Where none of the appointed Suppliers are able to meet the requirement, the Commission reserves the right to procure the services outside of the framework.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,000,000
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 (6)
- Expertise and Capability: 40%
- Staffing and Resourcing: 15%
- Contract Management: 10%
- Hourly Rates: 15%
- Fixed Fees: 10%
- Social Value – Climate Change: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Expertise and Capability
- Staffing and Resourcing
- Contract Management
- Social Value – Climate Change
- Hourly Rates
- Fixed Fees
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Legal Support – Renewable Energy Development” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Feb 2026, 10:35 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Sept 2026, 20:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
FCCN004615- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-055796- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0613e7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 10 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Feb 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published264 days ago2 Feb 2026, 10:35 GMT
- Market engagement255 days ago10 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Suppliers are invited to participate in this market engagement exercise to help prepare for the forthcoming procurement. Interested organisations should register their interest and indicate their capability to provide the specialist Renewable development legal services described above. This engagement aims to gauge market capacity and ensure that suppliers are aware of, and prepared for, the upcoming opportunity.
Please email your interest to [email protected]
- Next notice expected252 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published134 days ago12 Jun 2026, 14:58 BST
- Clarification questions by113 days ago3 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends106 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown10 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by63 days ago21 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent53 days ago1 Sept 2026
- Contract starts53 days ago1 Sept 2026
- Latest notice published52 days ago1 Sept 2026, 20:10 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Feb 2026, 10:35 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published12 Jun 2026, 14:58 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,000,00012 Jun 2026, 14:58 BSTwas £800,000
- Status changed to active12 Jun 2026, 14:58 BST
- Procurement method changed12 Jun 2026, 14:58 BST
- Deadline published: 10 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST12 Jun 2026, 14:58 BST
- Tender notice published16 Jun 2026, 11:22 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published1 Sept 2026, 20:10 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Sept 2026, 20:10 BST
- Contract signature expected14 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Change to terminology in Procurement description: Nation’s Forests
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-02: 1 release · 2 Feb 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burges Salmon LLP, Farrer & Co LLP, Michelmores LLP, Sharpe Pritchard LLP1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2030 | £1,000,000 | 25 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- BURGES SALMON LLPFramework contractor
- Farrer & Co LLPFramework contractor
- MICHELMORES LLPFramework contractor
- SHARPE PRITCHARD LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender