Notice Information
Notice Title
Legal Services Framework Agreement
Notice Description
Legal Services framework agreement comprising of four Lots:_ Lot 1 - Public and regulatory law (inclusive of Local audit) Lot 2 - Information law Lot 3 - Corporate and commercial law/general law (including litigation) Lot 4 - Employment law
Lot Information
Public and regulatory law (inclusive of Local audit)
Public and regulatory law (inclusive of Local audit)
Options: Can extend for a further one year.
Information lawInformation law
Options: Can extend for a further one year.
Corporate and commercial law/general law (including litigation)Corporate and commercial law/general law (including litigation)
Options: Can extend for a further one year.
Employment lawEmployment law
Options: Can extend for a further one year.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-044f94
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031069-2024
- 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
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
- £2,290,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Sep 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 7 May 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 Sep 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
- THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Head of Procurement
- Contact Email
- procurement@frc.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2074922300
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC2Y 5AS
- 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
- TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- City of London
- Electoral Ward
- Bassishaw
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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