Notice Information
Notice Title
Special Manager Panel: Supporting the Official Receiver in complex Insolvencies
Notice Description
The Official Receiver (OR), an employee of the Insolvency Service but acting independent from Government as a liquidator can in certain circumstances require the support of special managers to support with large scale liquidations/complex insolvencies. Often referred to as National Interest Cases (NIC), the Official Receiver requires to have in a place a NIC Panel of special managers to be available to support as required within these activities
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e237a6a8-2f1a-48cd-9d0f-2285b8b13b53
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ebb38a2e-5557-46c7-9180-bd033e684b39
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Other - OR Led Commissioning - Request For Quote
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £50,000 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Dec 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 1 Jan 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2027 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE INSOLVENCY SERVICE
- Contact Name
- James Leadbeater
- Contact Email
- james.leadbeater@insolvency.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 03003048642
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 2HT
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ebb38a2e-5557-46c7-9180-bd033e684b39
4th February 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/f21b8bf4-ad8d-41d9-b950-e3d855ddcab8
Redacted copy of the SM Panel Agreement -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/8c57d775-59f5-4fe6-8c0e-322b62e7b485
Redacted copy of the SM Panel Agreement -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/59e492c3-fa14-49b4-83ed-16e41c64b2bd
Redacted version of the SM Panel Agreement -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/aab34ec9-3355-4ff6-ad18-e50b83743548
Redacted version of the SM Panel Agreement -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/37f4bfae-3e46-4aa3-b016-f065b13c2179
Redacted copy of the SM Panel Agreement -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/7daea9dc-7999-4b41-8c5e-8bd7e0f65c78
Redacted copy of the SM Panel Agreement -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/4af61ee2-1ece-42d7-ba15-ede4ff9b6355
Redacted copy of the SM Panel Agreement -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/2dfe824e-9563-435c-a1ac-d6c20aa014d7
Redacted version of the SM Panel Agreement -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/8c72bcfd-40ef-43c1-a2b4-f233c2de7df1
Redacted copy of the SM Panel Agreement
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