Official UK procurement notice
Management of Barristers Framework
Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCity of Wolverhampton Council, as Lead Authority for the West Midlands Local Authorities ("WMLA"), is seeking to engage with the market to identify a suitably experienced provider to manage the WMLA Barristers Framework ("the Framework"). The framework is established under the Procurement Act 2023 and is intended to provide a compliant, cost-effective, and transparent route to instructing barristers across a wide range of legal specialists relevant to local government.
The Framework is in the process of being procured with an anticipated go live date of 1 April 2026.
CPV: Legal services · Management-related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Management of Barristers Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Sept 2025, 14:34 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2025, 14:34 BST
- Authority reference
CWC25152- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057751- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059d40Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
18 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published18 Sept 2025, 14:34 BST
- Tender notice expected390 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Market engagement390 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
City of Wolverhampton Council, as Lead Authority for the West Midlands Local Authorities ("WMLA"), is seeking to engage with the market to identify a suitably experienced provider to manage the WMLA Barristers Framework ("the Framework"). The framework is established under the Procurement Act 2023 and is intended to provide a compliant, cost-effective, and transparent route to instructing barristers across a wide range of legal specialists relevant to local government.
The Framework is in the process of being procured with an anticipated go live date of 1 April 2026.
Pre-market engagement documents can be found at www.wolverhamptontenders.com ↗. The Council requests supplier to provide a written response to questions and to submit via the e-tendering portal.
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Sept 2025, 14:34 BSTUK2
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender