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planned
Official procurement procedure
National LGPS Framework for Legal Services
Legal services
UK
Published value
£40,000,000
Submission deadline 16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Norfolk County Council: "National LGPS Framework for Legal Services". Published status: planned. Published value: £40,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Norfolk County Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | 39d 17h left 16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £40,000,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Norfolk County Council
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Norfolk County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
6.3Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
UNIVERSAL CARE SERVICES (UK) LIMITEDTop vendor: 50.3% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 446 active published awards; 28 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSAL CARE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | 1 win | £20,334,263 |
| TAYLOR CARE NORFOLK LIMITED | 1 win | £11,310,568 |
| ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY | 3 wins | £3,012,338 |
| HILTON COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED | 2 wins | £1,777,849 |
| Dimensions (UK) Limited | 1 win | £1,334,810 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNorfolk County Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanned | Framework / DPSFramework | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published22 May 2026, 09:36 BST | Last source update22 May 2026, 09:36 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationLegal services | ||
Delivery area UK | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a048 | ||
What is being bought
Norfolk County Council on its own behalf and on behalf of the Pension Funds listed below wish to let a Multi-Provider Framework Agreement for the provision of specialist support for pension legal services primarily in the support of The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- City of Edinburgh Council (as Administering Authority for Lothian Pension Fund)
- LGPS Central Ltd Wolverhampton
- Local Pensions Partnership Investments Ltd (LPPI)
- City of Wolverhampton Council (as Administering Authority of the West Midlands Pension Fund)
- Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC)
- Staffordshire County Council (as Administering Authority for Staffordshire Pension Fund)
This framework may also be used by:
- Any LGPS administering authorities as defined in the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/2356) (as amended) including the Firefighters' Pension Scheme and Police Pension Schemes and any of their participating employing authorities, or in relation to the LGPS in Scotland, any administering authority and any of their scheme employers as defined in the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (SSI 2018/141) (as amended),
- NILGOSC in Northern Ireland and employing authorities as defined in the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (SRNI 2014/188) (as amended),
- The Board of the Pension Protection Fund.
- Any other administering authority or scheme manager of a public-sector pension scheme or any public-sector body that requires pensions related services, and
- Any LGPS Fund(s) or groups of funds, or any bodies, organisations or companies established by them for the purpose of operating on a collective basis.
This Framework will be split into Lots.
Please note the estimated values are across all lots.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
22 May 2026, 09:36 BST - Submission deadline changed to published date
22 May 2026, 09:36 BST - Published value updated to £40,000,000
22 May 2026, 09:17 BST - Status changed to planned
22 May 2026, 09:17 BST - Official notice release published
22 May 2026, 09:17 BST - Submission deadline changed to 16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
22 May 2026, 09:17 BST - Buyer information updated
22 May 2026, 09:17 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplannedPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
22 May 2026, 09:36 BST - Procedure published
22 May 2026, 09:36 BST - engagement
1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduledFor more information and to register your interest in the market engagement, please visit In-Tend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home - Submission deadline
16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Norfolk County Council
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PDYH-3246-XWTRDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 22 May 2026, 09:36 BST
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |