Notice Information
Notice Title
Sheriff Officer Services 2026 - 2030
Notice Description
The Council is seeking to put in place a Framework Agreement to fulfil its requirement to provide Sheriff Officer Services across various services including Enterprise and Communities and Legal and Democratic Services. This requirement is to fulfil its legal obligations in relation to a number of functions required to be carried out by Sheriff Officers.
Lot Information
Hamilton Sheriff Court
Sheriff Officer Services within the jurisdiction of Hamilton Sheriff Court. The services required under this Framework Agreement and any resultant Call Off Contract, include but are not to be restricted to: . Service or intimation of documents Ejection Citation Diligence Charges for Payment Earnings Arrestment Attachment Auction Arrestment Inhibition Foreign Citation Tracing and Enquiries Pre-sue Reporting Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Renewal: The Framework Agreement will be awarded for an initial period of 24 months with the Council reserving the sole right to extend for a further two 12 months periods. Accordingly, the potential maximum term of the Framework Agreement is 48 months.
Airdrie Sheriff CourtThe services required under this Framework Agreement and any resultant Call Off Contract, include but are not to be restricted to: . Service or intimation of documents Ejection Citation Diligence Charges for Payment Earnings Arrestment Attachment Auction Arrestment Inhibition Foreign Citation Tracing and Enquiries Pre-sue Reporting Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Renewal: The Framework Agreement will be awarded for an initial period of 24 months with the Council reserving the sole right to extend for a further two 12 months periods. Accordingly, the potential maximum term of the Framework Agreement is 48 months
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a94e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062758-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- 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
- £880,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- 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
- NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Corporate Procurement
- Contact Email
- corporateprocurement@northlan.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MOTHERWELL
- Postcode
- ML1 1AB
- Post Town
- Motherwell
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM34 North Lanarkshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM84 North Lanarkshire
-
- Local Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
- Westminster Constituency
- Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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