Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Legal Services Fitness to Practise case preparation and presentation
Notice Description
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) invites tenders for the provision of external legal services to support the preparation, management, and presentation of Fitness to Practise (FtP) cases. The appointed supplier(s) will investigate and manage complex and high-risk FtP cases, prepare them for hearings, and provide advocacy services before the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) and relevant courts.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: Additional services excluded from the ITT shall only be undertaken upon approval and formalisation through a Variation Order.
Renewal: An optional provision to extend for a maximum of two periods of 12 months each, subject to agreement between the parties to the contract.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a8d5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068397-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open 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
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £24,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £24,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Oct 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 2-3 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
- THE HEALTH AND CARE PROFESSIONS COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Tarek Hussien
- Contact Email
- tarek.hussien@hcpc-uk.org
- Contact Phone
- +447553344997
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SE11 4BU
- Post Town
- South East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI45 Lambeth
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Lambeth
- Electoral Ward
- Kennington
- Westminster Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068397-2025
27th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062543-2025
6th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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