Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of a Legal Services Procurement Framework - UoB
Notice Description
Provision of a Legal Services Procurement Framework - Uni of Beds
Lot Information
Legal Services for Planning, Property & Estates - UoB
Reelated to Planning Property and Estates, Commercial Property: Corporate Occupiers, Commercial Property: Development etc
Renewal: Two extensions of 12 months each
Legal Services for Commercial Law, Contracts & Procurement - UoBPlease refer to breadown of lot sub requirements on the attached document including Projects, telecoms, IT Law, commercial contracts etc
Renewal: Two extensions of 12 months each
Legal Services for FOI, GDPR, Employment Law, Information Law & MediaPlease refer to breadown of lot sub requirements on the attached document including FOI, GDPR, Employment Law and Information Law etc
Renewal: Two extensions of 12 months each
Provision of Legal Services for Litigation at the UoBPlease refer to breadown of lot sub requirements on the attached document. Including civil and criminal litigation etc
Renewal: Two extensions of 12 months each
Provison of Legal Counsel/Advocacy Services - UoBPlease refer to breadown of lot sub requirements on the attached document. Including Commercila Law, Contracts PS Procurement etc
Renewal: Two extensions of 12 months each
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0668af
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022464-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK3 - Planned Procurement 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
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
- £570,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £570,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Mar 20262 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 21 May 20263 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 21 Apr 20262 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LUTON
- Postcode
- LU1 3JU
- Post Town
- Luton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH21 Luton
- Delivery Location
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, TLH24 Bedford
-
- Local Authority
- Luton
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022464-2026
12th March 2026 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbedfordshire/aspx/Home
Please access all tender documents on our e-procurement systems in April 2026
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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