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title: "Preliminary Market Consultation for a Framework Agreement for Legal Services"
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# Preliminary Market Consultation for a Framework Agreement for Legal Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-consultation-for-a-framework-agreement-for-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-028d20). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Painsley Catholic Academy: "Preliminary Market Consultation for a Framework Agreement for Legal Services". 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:** [The Painsley Catholic Academy](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-painsley-catholic-academy-GB-FTS-9852)
- **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-028d20`

## 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/preliminary-market-consultation-for-a-framework-agreement-for-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-028d20#tl-md)

## Description
Painsley Catholic Academy in collaboration with Churchmarketplace and 2buy2.com Ltd
(Education Buying) are inviting providers of Legal Services to participate in a formal Preliminary
Market Consultation for a proposed national Framework Agreement for the provision of Legal Services.
Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) is a “pre-procurement” process that enables contracting authorities and/or
procurement agents acting on behalf of contracting authorities that are subject to the Public Contract Regulations
2015 to seek responses from the market in transparent, fair and equitable manner. The preliminary market
consultation is an opportunity to influence the potential future shape and solution of a future procurement process.
This process is not a procurement process, although it may form part of a procurement. Further details can be
downloaded via Delta eSourcing. The deadline for PMC responses is 12noon on 5th February 2021.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001482-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-01-25T16:32:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:24:16.813Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028d20