Notice Information
Notice Title
Costs Lawyer Services 2
Notice Description
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority has put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Agreement which will provide costs law services to the Public Sector. This framework will consist of 3 lots: Lot 1 General Costs Law Services, Lot 2 Clinical Negligence Specialist Services; and Lot 3: Security Clearance Specialist Services. The framework will be for 36 months with an option to extend for 1 further period of 12 months. We ran this competition using the open procedure. This procurement was conducted under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) therefore subject to limited regulation and conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 PCR 2015. The supplier will provide services to buyers in the jurisdictional area of England and Wales. Additional information: This framework was put in place with an initial duration of 4 years plus an optional extension period of 48 months Please note that a 12 month lawful extension have been utilised and the end date of this framework is confirmed as being 24/07/2027.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-eb715ed7-4c2d-4394-9fc4-1b9eca8a259f
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3850432-5196-4762-a249-30ac9ad4d6c4
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
71244000 - Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £60,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £60,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 May 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Nov 2022Expired
- Award Date
- 24 Jul 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 24 Jul 2023 - 24 Jul 2027 4-5 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
- CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE
- Contact Name
- The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
- Contact Email
- supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 3450103503
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVERPOOL
- Postcode
- L3 9PP
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD72 Liverpool
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Liverpool
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre North
- Westminster Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3850432-5196-4762-a249-30ac9ad4d6c4
25th July 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5113c7ee-1753-47a1-8526-9c7962b2b163
25th April 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ea4f51a-bf43-4e59-b0f4-42462250f898
20th January 2022 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0c6db674-841c-4461-a54d-a5e4f4e3e683
RM6284 Framework agreement documents
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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