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Framework Agreement for Legal Representation for the Insurance team

Buyer: Norfolk County Council →

BuyerNorfolk County Council
StatusawardUpdate
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published19 Aug 2025

What is being bought

The source has not published a summary for this record.

Delivery location

UKC · UKD · UKE · UKF · UKG · UKH · UKI · UKJ · UKK

Categories

Legal representation services 79112000Legal advisory and representation services 79110000

Lot details

Lot 1

The Council was seeking to purchase legal representation. The service will provide a high standard of professional service advice and guidance on all matters relating to insurance claims handled by the team. Typical duties include but are not limited to: • Provision of general legal advice • Representing the authority in litigation • Maintaining a knowledge of issues facing the authority and being prepared to offer legal opinions • Supporting the development and knowledge of the insurance team. The insurance team provide support to the Norse Group and as such require coverage across the country.

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Legal representation servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Legal representation services (79112000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 798,6544 median · 34.8 average (3,340 of 8,654 with a bid count)3.2 average (3,753 of 8,654 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC3833 median · 37.2 average (137 of 383 with a bid count)4.6 average (160 of 383 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

049808-2025-NCCT42187-1

Statusactive
Value£1,600,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02a138
Latest release ID049808-2025
Latest release timestampTue Aug 19 2025 11:51:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusNot published
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release12

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 Aug 2025awardUpdate, contractUpdate049808-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
19 Aug 2025 · 049808-2025 · awardUpdate, contractUpdate
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