Notice Information
Notice Title
Legal Services Framework
Notice Description
The Bank of England ('the Bank') conducted a restricted tender procedure to appoint a specialist legal panel of three Suppliers in relation to loan and securities collateral. The contract term is for 3 years. There is no obligation for the Bank to purchase any services from a Supplier during the term of the Framework Agreement and the Bank grants no form of exclusivity to any Supplier under the Contract.
Lot Information
Lot 1
For the provision of Loan and Securities Collateral Legal Panel.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-042d0d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018995-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- 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
79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Feb 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 4 Nov 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BANK OF ENGLAND
- Contact Name
- Commercial Manager
- Contact Email
- corporate.contracts@bankofengland.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2076011116
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC2R 8AH
- Post Town
- Central 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
- City of London
- Electoral Ward
- Walbrook
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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