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Homes England - Legal Services Framework 2026-2030

Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)

This public procurement record has 7 releases in its history.

TenderUpdate

23 Jan 2026 at 11:40

UK4 - Tender Notice
Tender

23 Jan 2026 at 08:53

UK4 - Tender Notice
PlanningUpdate

22 Jan 2026 at 10:51

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Planning

10 Oct 2025 at 12:26

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
PlanningUpdate

12 May 2025 at 12:47

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
PlanningUpdate

06 May 2025 at 16:47

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Planning

06 May 2025 at 12:10

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Homes England is actively engaged in the tender stage for its 2026-2030 Legal Services Framework, seeking to appoint a range of legal professional service providers. This framework is designed to cover two lots, focusing on real estate and investment legal services, including affordable housing, and corporate legal services. The procurement method is a competitive flexible procedure, entailing stages of participation, invitation to tender, and framework award. Key locations for service delivery include various regions across the United Kingdom, with the expression of interest deadline set for 20th February 2026. The framework is scheduled to commence on 18th November 2026 and conclude on 17th November 2030.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in legal services, particularly those with expertise in real estate, corporate law, financial regulation, and development finance. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to apply, as the framework supports SME participation. Businesses with capabilities in both direct awards and further competition within a closed framework agreement are well-positioned to benefit from the estimated £63 million framework. With the provision to handle complex tasks, including acquisitions, joint ventures, and structured finance, the framework paves the way for legal entities to engage in long-term client relationships with a prominent public authority.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Homes England - Legal Services Framework 2026-2030

Notice Description

Homes England is planning to appoint a national framework of legal professional service providers to provide a range of property and investment related legal services. It is proposed that the framework will cover services over 2 lots, with lot 1 for real estate and investment legal services (including affordable housing) and lot 2 for corporate legal services. Individual commissions and appointments from the framework will be either be via direct award or further competition. A reference to Homes England means Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency), its subsidiaries (including but not limited to the National Housing Bank) or anyone acting on behalf of Homes England that is seeking to invite suitable Suppliers to participate in this procurement process.

Lot Information

Real Estate and Investment Legal Services

An overview of the Real Estate and Investment legal services we are seeking to procure includes: Mandatory (a) Real Estate: including Acquisitions, Disposals and Building Leases; (b) Real Estate Litigation including mortgage enforcement and possession claims; (c) Development & Construction incl. building safety regime; (d) Planning: including CPO; (e) Environmental Law including biodiversity & net gain (f) Commercial Property: Property Finance, (g) Infrastructure and Regeneration (including unincorporated delivery routes); (h) Property: plot sales and estate management; (i) Grant Agreements and associated matters; (j) Affordable Housing and Shared Ownership; (k) Banking (development finance to SMEs/bilateral loans (work currently undertaken via our SME lending team) and any consequential initial Restructuring (in the event of default e.g. reservation of rights letters); (l) Public/Administrative Law incl. procurement & subsidy control; (m) Commercial law; (n) Contracts (goods, works and services); (o) Intellectual Property; (p) Employment Law; Additional Services (Optional) (q) Landlord and Tenant (r) Residential mortgage regulatory advice and residential mortgage repossession (s) Agricultural law; (t) Debt Recovery

Options: The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. Adding additional scope of services that relate to the original scope of service areas.

Corporate Legal Services

An overview of Corporate legal services we are seeking to procure includes: (a) Banking- structured real estate finance, infrastructure finance, lending alliances and MMC (and associated disciplines for legal compliance); (b) Guarantees (to be issued by Homes England and associated structures); (c) Equity Finance including venture structures and joint ventures (and associated disciplines for legal compliance) (For private equity and venture capital activity - including related fund formation, capital deployment, acquisitions, debt and equity financing, complex restructurings, portfolio management and exits) and ancillary services including IP; (d) Infrastructure and Regeneration (including incorporated delivery routes); (e) Restructuring (including in the event of distress) and Insolvency; (f) Company law: corporate law matters including SPVs and Joint Ventures - contractual and company structures to deliver land and investment transactions; (g) Financial Regulation and Taxation; (h) Public/Administrative Law incl. procurement & subsidy control; Additional Services (Optional) (i) Affordable Housing and Shared Ownership; (j) Funds (regulated and quasi regulated)

Planning Information

Homes England is planning to appoint a national framework of legal professional service providers to provide a range of property and investment related legal services. It is proposed that the framework will cover services over 2 lots, with lot 1 for real estate and investment legal services (including affordable housing) and lot 2 for corporate legal services. This is the link to the market engagement portal advert where you will find all the supporting information https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=fb432ce4-41a0-f011-813a-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True We are capturing market engagement feedback through a questionnaire. This is the link to the questionnaire https://forms.office.com/e/UmkqNAemyp

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-050d01
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006121-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79100000 - Legal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£63,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£63,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Jan 20267 months ago
Submission Deadline
13 Feb 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
23 Jan 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
18 Nov 2026 - 17 Nov 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)
Additional Buyers

Homes England

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode
NE4 5BZ
Postcode Area
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
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward
Arthur's Hill
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Further Information

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