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Preliminary Market Engagement - Counsel Legal Services Framework

Legal services
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published value
£1,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery: "Preliminary Market Engagement - Counsel Legal Services Framework". Published status: planning. Published value: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityIndependent Commission for Reconciliation and Information RecoveryScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£1,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
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Published history for Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
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Bid counts are not published for this buyer
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
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Coverage: 0 active published awards; 0 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityIndependent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
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 2025, 10:41 BST
Last source update22 May 2025, 10:41 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLegal services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-051cef
What is being bought
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.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £1,000,000
    22 May 2025, 10:41 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    22 May 2025, 10:41 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    22 May 2025, 10:41 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    22 May 2025, 10:41 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    22 May 2025, 10:41 BST
  2. Procedure published
    22 May 2025, 10:41 BST
  3. engagement
    9 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    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.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PTRZ-8396-ZBWP
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Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published