Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Legal Services to Capital City College
Notice Description
The purpose of this tender process is to formalise an agreement for the provision of professional legal services, with a key emphasis on employment tribunal services. It is intended that the process will reduce overall contract expenditure; support contract efficiencies and delivery performance through the ability to foster value-added relationships over time.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The purpose of this tender process is to formalise an agreement for the provision of professional legal services, with a key emphasis on employment tribunal services while ensuring compliance to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and College Financial Regulations. It is intended that the process will reduce overall contract expenditure; support contract efficiencies and delivery performance through the ability to foster value-added relationships over time. A broad range of legal services typical to Further Education will be needed. Please see the Guidance within the Tender Pack for further details. Additional information: Full and unrestricted access to the Tener documents can be obtained via https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/HomePlease see the timetable in the Guidance and register for the 1 hour group Teams event on 06.01.25 at 11.30 via In-Tend if interested.
Renewal: The proposed contract will operate for an initial two-year term commencing 10 March 2025 with four options to extend in one-year increments (or as agreed between the parties) up to a maximum term ending 09 March 2031 subject to satisfactory performance and an agreement of rates.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c591
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014058-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- 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
- £1,800,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,800,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Jan 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 8 Apr 202510 months ago
- Contract Period
- 10 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CAPITAL CITY COLLEGE
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Anna Manns
- Contact Email
- anna@agmprocurement.com
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- WC1X 8RA
- Post Town
- Central London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI36 Camden
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Camden
- Electoral Ward
- King's Cross
- Westminster Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
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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