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Published 22 May 2025, 10:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement - Counsel Legal Services Framework

Official notice

Authority: Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Planned pipeline value£1,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 9 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 13 Jul 2029 · up to 12 Jul 2030 with extensions · starts 14 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

ICRIR is seeking to engage the market in advance of a forthcoming tender opportunity for the provision of legal services. The proposed commercial vehicle(s) will include a comprehensive list of legal specialisms, including but not limited to the following which may change as a result of further market engagement:

-Administrative law/Public law

-Civil litigation

-Commercial

-Contracts Law

-Criminal law and investigations advice

-Data Protection/Freedom of Information

-Dispute Resolution and Litigation

-Employment Law

-Human Rights law

-Inquests, Public Inquiries or any equivalent inquisitorial and investigative structure

-Public International law

-Public Procurement Law

-Torts and Personal Injury law

The purpose of this early market engagement is to gather insights from potential suppliers to help inform the scope, structure, and approach of the procurement to ensure it meets the needs of the organisation and delivers best value.

CPV: Legal services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 14 Jul 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 14 Jul 2025 – 13 Jul 2029 (4 yrs) · up to 12 Jul 2030 with extensions
Delivery: Northern IrelandEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
79100000 Legal services

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Preliminary Market Engagement - Counsel Legal Services 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
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
22 May 2025, 10:41 BST
Last source update
22 May 2025, 10:41 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024575
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Legal services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051cef Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

22 May 2025 → 14 Jul 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    22 May 2025, 10:41 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    9 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Market engagement
    9 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    This is not a call for competition.

    This notice is intended to alert potential suppliers of the opportunity to take part in the pre-market engagement exercise only. Interested parties are invited to respond to the short questionnaire linked to this notice. The questionnaire must be responded to via the E-Tenders NI e-sourcing portal.

    Responses will assist ICRIR in the development of its new Legal Services Framework, expected to be tendered in the coming weeks.

  4. Contract starts
    14 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 May 2025, 10:41 BST
    UK2

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

Independent Commission for Recocilation and Information Recovery

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PTRZ-8396-ZBWP 32-36 Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT27BAContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure