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title: "UKEF General Aerospace Legal Panel - GALP"
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# UKEF General Aerospace Legal Panel - GALP

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukef-general-aerospace-legal-panel-galp-ocds-h6vhtk-02f468). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for International Trade: "UKEF General Aerospace Legal Panel - GALP". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £40,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Dec 2021, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uktrade.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for International Trade](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-international-trade-GB-FTS-33826)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £40,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 December 2021 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Legal advisory and information services, Legal documentation and certification services, Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukef-general-aerospace-legal-panel-galp-ocds-h6vhtk-02f468#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f468`

## 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/ukef-general-aerospace-legal-panel-galp-ocds-h6vhtk-02f468#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uktrade.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuktrade.app.jaggaer.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukef-general-aerospace-legal-panel-galp-ocds-h6vhtk-02f468#participate

## Description
UK Export Finance (the “Customer”), has a requirement for the provision of “General Aerospace Legal Panel”. The Secretary of State for the Department for International Trade (DIT) is the contracting authority responsible for the delivery of this requirement on behalf of the Customer. 
The full specification is provided with the contract documents (GALP ITT Schedule 07) but in summary UKEF intends to put in place a panel for the provision of services of external legal counsel to advise in relation to the financial support that UKEF provides to the aerospace sector.
The contract shall be for a period of 48 months. The requirement has an estimated total value of £40,000,000 (ex-VAT) and this value includes any available contract option(s). Bidders will be expected to demonstrate their tenders will continue to deliver value for money to the Customer for throughout the period of the contract. 
DIT has conducted a Cyber Risk Assessment to identify the level of cyber risk to this requirement. It has been identified that Cyber Essentials or equivalent is required.
DIT is using e-tendering for this procurement which means this Invitation To Tender (ITT) and the forms for submitting a response are only available in electronic form which can be accessed via your web browser at: https://uktrade.app.jaggaer.com/. Bidders should read all the instructions and documents thoroughly and follow the defined processes to comply with our requirements.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79130000, 79140000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** In general terms, advice will relate to transactions for the financing of:
— airbus aircraft where legal counsel is not otherwise procured from a separate panel established jointly by UKEF and the French and German Export Credit Agencies;
— aircraft ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027899-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-05T22:45:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T17:58:18.348Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f468