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Historic England Legal Framework

Historic England

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

11 Mar 2026 at 13:33

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

02 Oct 2025 at 11:24

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

30 May 2025 at 10:38

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Historic England has completed the procurement process to appoint a panel of external legal firms to provide legal services for a term of four years. The "Historic England Legal Framework" contract has been awarded under a selective competitive flexible procedure, covering legal services for Historic England and English Heritage. Located in Swindon, UK, Historic England sought legal firms to fill expertise where in-house capacity is lacking. The buying organisation finalised this contracting process on 11th March 2026, with an award active since November 2025. The legal framework's contract value amounts to £2,250,000, with a potential one-year extension until September 2030. Initially initiated as an open tender process, the procurement underwent multiple stages including final tender submissions by June 2025, paving the way for a seamless legal advice service.

This tender presents notable opportunities for large legal firms to secure significant government work. Being part of Historic England's legal framework panel means constant collaboration and high-value projects over the contract's lifetime, offering substantial business growth potential. Firms such as Trowers & Hamlins LLP, Bevan Brittan LLP, and Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP — due to their scale and capacity — successfully garnered positions on this panel, demonstrating their capability to provide comprehensive legal services. Legal firms specializing in public sector work and those with robust service offerings in advisory, representation, and information services are ideally suited to compete in similar selective and competitive flexible procurement processes in the future.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Historic England Legal Framework

Notice Description

The in-house Legal Department of Historic England provides or procures all legal advice and services to Historic England and English Heritage. In cases where either the expertise does not exist in-house or there is not the capacity to do it, work is put out to a panel of external legal firms. We are seeking to appoint a panel of external legal firms for a four-year term to assist us to provide a seamless legal advice service to Historic England and English Heritage staff. THIS IS NOT AN OPEN FRAMEWORK BUT A STANDALONE FRAMEWORK

Lot Information

Lot LOT-0001

Renewal: 4 years + 1 year Contract value advertised includes extension of 1 year.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05296d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021771-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
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
£2,250,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,250,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£2,250,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£2,250,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Mar 20265 months ago
Submission Deadline
25 Jun 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
29 Sep 202511 months ago
Contract Period
1 Nov 2025 - 30 Sep 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
2030-05-01

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Historic England
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SWINDON
Postcode
SN2 2EH
Postcode Area
Swindon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK71 Swindon
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Swindon
Electoral Ward
Mannington and Western
Westminster Constituency
Swindon South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

Bevan Brittan LLP

Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Further Information

Notice Documents

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