Official UK procurement notice
TfL 96455 TfL Legal Panel Framework
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought8 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionTransport for London (TfL) as the Contracting Authority has put in place a Framework Agreement for Legal Services with 18 law firms across 8 lots. The firms have the requisite resources, expertise and experience to advise Transport for London, the Greater London Authority and its other functional bodies (the 'GLA Group').
Lot 1 - Employment Law
Lot 2 - Major commercial matters
Lot 3 - Rail industry matters
Lot 4 - Routine commercial and real estate matters (contentious and non-contentious)
Lot 5 - Housing matters
Lot 6 - Complex property and commercial development matters
Lot 7 - Major consents matters
Lot 8 - Town and country planning and highways matters
The Framework Agreement will be in place for four years with an option to extend for two further years at the sole discretion of TfL.
CPV: Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 9 bids on the busiest of 8 lots · 18 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure
8 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 4 lots carries the same published figure, £10,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Employment LawAwardedRenewalceiling above
Legal support on contentious and non-contentious employment matters including tribunal cases (from the point of outsourcing to conclusion of the case), EAT appeals and specialist advice on industrial relations matters (including strategy, disputes and change programmes) and immigration.
This Lot will be awarded to one supplier because consistency of treatment of all employment related matters is imperative to ensure that any policy work undertaken and advice given fits seamlessly with the operational requirements of the business.
Lot #2Major commercial mattersAwardedRenewalPublished value£24,000,000
Legal support on contentious and non-contentious aspects of significant infrastructure projects and other large scale and/or complex contracts.
Lot #3Rail industry mattersAwardedRenewalPublished value£6,000,000
Legal support on matters specific to the rail industry including industry specific agreements and regulatory issues covering commercial and real estate matters whether contentious or non-contentious.
Lot #4Routine commercial and real estate matters (contentious and non-contentious)AwardedRenewalPublished value£30,000,000
Legal support for routine and high volume commercial and real estate matters (contentious and non-contentious matters) including compulsory purchase compensation and implementation matters, falling outside lots 3, 6, 7 and 8.
Lot #5Housing mattersAwardedRenewalceiling above
Legal support for housing matters (including legal support in relation to the Mayor's major funding programmes for housing and regeneration and building safety, negotiating grant and loan agreements and advising on wider housing policy issues).
Lot #6Complex property and commercial development mattersAwardedRenewalPublished value£20,000,000
Legal support for large scale commercial developments and projects, operational and commercial property matters and regeneration.
Lot #7Major consents mattersAwardedRenewalceiling above
Legal support for major consents matters (including compulsory purchase compensation and implementation matters).
Lot #8Town and country planning and highways mattersAwardedRenewalceiling above
Legal support for town and country planning and highways matters (including compulsory purchase compensation and implementation matters).
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Social value | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Employment Law | 65% | 30% | 5% | |
| 2 · Major commercial matters | 65% | 30% | 5% | |
| 3 · Rail industry matters | 65% | 30% | 5% | |
| 4 · Routine commercial and real estate matters (contentious and non-contentious) | 60% | 35% | 5% | |
| 5 · Housing matters | 65% | 30% | 5% | |
| 6 · Complex property and commercial development matters | 65% | 30% | 5% | |
| 7 · Major consents matters | 65% | 30% | 5% | |
| 8 · Town and country planning and highways matters | 65% | 30% | 5% |
- Suitability
Provision of the services is reserved to a particular profession. Registration with the Solicitors Regulation Authority is required.
- Technical & professional ability
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession.
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
Provision of the services is reserved to a particular profession. Registration with the Solicitors Regulation Authority is required.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30–35 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 30 points.
- “TfL 96455 TfL Legal Panel Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 30 May 2024, 12:36 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2025, 10:59 BST
- Authority reference
TfL 96455- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063601- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046c5dFind a Tender
- Review procedure
TfL incorporated a standstill period from the point information on the award of the Framework was made to tenderers, commencing on 16/05/2025 and ending on 27/05/2025. The standstill period provided time for tenderers to challenge the award decision before the Framework was entered into.
This Notice provides full information on the award decision.
Publisher note: The Authority is not committed to the estimated spend figure for each lot. The framework agreement commencement date is 01/06/2025 for 4 years, with an option to extend up to 2 years.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 5 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 Jul 2024 → 9 Oct 2025 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published381 days ago9 Oct 2025, 10:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Oct 2025- Status changed to complete9 Oct 2025, 10:59 BST
- Buyer details updated9 Oct 2025, 10:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast8 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £10,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Employment Law
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Major commercial matters
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- £24,000,000
- Status
- active
Rail industry matters
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- £6,000,000
- Status
- active
Routine commercial and real estate matters (contentious and non-contentious)
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- £30,000,000
- Status
- active
Housing
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Complex property and commercial development matters
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- £20,000,000
- Status
- active
Major consents matters
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Town and country planning and highways matters
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Employment Law | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Major commercial matters | 9bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Rail industry matters | 5bids | — | — | — |
| 4 · Routine commercial and real estate matters (contentious and non-contentious) | 5bids | — | — | — |
| 5 · Housing matters | 5bids | — | — | — |
| 6 · Complex property and commercial development matters | 9bids | — | — | — |
| 7 · Major consents matters | 5bids | — | — | — |
| 8 · Town and country planning and highways matters | 8bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
18 commercial parties on the notice- Addleshaw Goddard LLPFramework contractor
- Ashurst LLPFramework contractor
- BURGES SALMON LLPFramework contractor
- Bird & Bird LLPFramework contractor
- Brian Cave Leighton Paisner LLPFramework contractor
- Browne Jacobson LLPFramework contractor
- EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (INT) LLPFramework contractor
- Freeths LLPFramework contractor
- Gowling WLG (UK) LLPFramework contractor
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLPFramework contractor
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- Pinsent Masons LLPFramework contractor
- Sharpe Pritchard LLP and Mills and Reeve LLPFramework contractor
- Stephenson Harwood LLPFramework contractor
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- Town Legal LLPFramework contractor
- Trowers & Hamlins LLPFramework contractor
- Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria