Notice Information
Notice Title
HR & Legal Advice Support Services
Notice Description
Transport for Wales (TfW) and its subsidiaries seek employment law advice for an initial period of three years via an annual membership/subscription model which includes (but not limited to) legal support, face-to-face and also via a helpline service. Employment Tribunals (ET) support, to include up to a possible six employment tribunals, settling SA's and COT3s alike. Also, delivering bi-annual legal updates to the wider team at our HQ in Pontypridd.
Lot Information
Lot 1
TfW and it's subsidiaries seek legal employment law advice for an initial period of three years via an annual membership/subscription model which includes (but not limited to) legal support, face-to-face and also via a helpline service. ET support, to include up to a possible six employment tribunals, settling SA's and COT3s alike. Also, delivering bi-annual legal updates to the wider team at our HQ in Pontypridd.
Renewal: Up to 2 periods of 12 months each
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e4d7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054415-2025
- 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
79110000 - Legal advisory and representation services
79111000 - Legal advisory services
79112000 - Legal representation services
79140000 - Legal advisory and information services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £297,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- February 2028 should extension options not be utilised.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TRANSPORT FOR WALES
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@tfw.wales
- Contact Phone
- +44 2921673434
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PONTYPRIDD
- Postcode
- CF37 4TH
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Pontypridd Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Pontypridd
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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