Notice Information
Notice Title
SONI046 Legal Services Framework
Notice Description
Provision of Legal Services
Lot Information
Full Legal Services
A full range of Northern Ireland Legal services and advice, including but not limited to Construction; Environmental; Procurement/Competition; Property; Planning/Consenting; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Litigation; Data Protection; and Employment.
Renewal: Renewal is annually for up to 4 years
Commercial, Energy & RegulationBespoke services and advice in relation to commercial, energy and regulatory areas of law as they apply to SONI Ltd and the NI Energy sector. Services include, but not limited to:- o Advisory; o Corporate/Commercial; o Contractual advice; o Issues/ Disputes arising.
Renewal: Renewal is annually for upto 4 years
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04b38f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056121-2025
- 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, 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
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Dec 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 11 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Minimum 4 years; Maximum 8 years
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SONI LTD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tenders.soni@soni.ltd.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2890794336
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT6 9RT
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN0E Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Delivery Location
- TLN0E Lisburn and Castlereagh
-
- Local Authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Electoral Ward
- Moneyreagh
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
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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