Notice Information
Notice Title
Legal Services
Notice Description
The Association of North East Councils Trading as the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) is seeking to establish a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of legal services for use by contracting authorities throughout the United Kingdom The opportunity can be accessed via the Open eTendering system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Framework Agreement must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the Open eTendering System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the Open eTendering system at https://www.open-uk.org/ Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted. If you need technical assistance from the Open Support team, this can be requested via open.support@nepo.org PLEASE NOTE: Open is accessible 24/7 however, technical support is available Monday - Thursday 8:30 - 5pm and Friday 8.30 - 4.30pm For guidance on how to submit your response through Open, please visit https://www.open-hub.org/training to access the available Training Guides. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) that will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
Lot Information
Lot 1
NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Agreement for the provision of Legal Services. NEPO intends to select only the top 30 (thirty) ranked (i.e. highest scoring) Tenderers as Providers. However, NEPO reserves the right to appoint additional Providers to the Framework where the overall difference in scores between the thirtieth-ranked Tenderer and the following ranked Tenderer(s) is 5% or less.
Renewal: This Framework Agreement will be a direct replacement for the current NEPO513 Framework Agreement for Legal Services. It is anticipated that this Framework Agreement will be subject to future renewals
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04375a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017399-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £100,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £100,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £100,000,000 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Jun 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Mar 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Jun 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- 12 months prior to the published expiry date
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Carl Telford
- Contact Email
- professional.services@nepo.org
- Contact Phone
- +44 1916380040
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GATESHEAD
- Postcode
- NE8 3DF
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC43 Tyneside
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Gateshead
- Electoral Ward
- Bridges
- Westminster Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
Supplier Information
- Number of Suppliers
- 18
- Supplier Names
Further Information
Notice URLs
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