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Legal Services for South Norfolk Council

South Norfolk Council

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01 Oct 2026 at 11:15

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

South Norfolk Council procured a broad range of legal services, with East Suffolk Council managing the procurement. The work covers contracts, corporate and criminal law, debt recovery, disputes and litigation, employment, environmental and housing law, data protection and information technology, intellectual property, insurance, planning, property, procurement, tax and construction law. It also includes legal risk and policy advice, grants, health and safety, finance and investment, outsourcing, public inquiries and inquests, projects and public-private partnerships, and sustainable and green finance. The services are for South Norfolk Council, with delivery identified in the United Kingdom. This is a wide-ranging external legal services requirement rather than a single specialist instruction.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Birketts LLP on 18 September 2026. The award is valued at £2 million excluding VAT (£2.4 million including VAT). It runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028, with two optional one-year extensions at South Norfolk Council’s discretion, allowing the period to extend to 30 September 2030. The contract is a single lot and was awarded through a selective route under a framework agreement. The award record identifies no further evaluation criteria. The contract award milestone is scheduled for 1 October 2026.

For a future requirement of this breadth, a credible competitor would need to provide a dependable, multi-disciplinary legal service spanning public-sector advice and disputes as well as corporate, commercial, property, employment, regulatory and specialist areas. The scope indicates a need to handle both day-to-day advice and complex matters, including litigation, public inquiries, procurement, planning, finance and construction. Suppliers would be better placed to compete if they can demonstrate capacity across these disciplines, coordinate specialist teams and support a local authority across a sustained service relationship. Birketts LLP’s selection shows that a large law firm secured this broad council requirement through a framework route; the work is therefore most relevant to firms with comparable breadth, public-sector capability and experience delivering legal services to local government.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Legal Services for South Norfolk Council

Notice Description

Legal Services for South Norfolk Council. Legal services include but are not limited to: Contracts, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Debt Recovery, Dispute Resolution and Litigation Law, Emerging Policy and Legal Risk Advisory, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Finance and Investment, Food, Rural and Environmental Affairs, Grants, Health and Safety, Housing Law, Information Law including Data Protection Law, Information Technology Law, Insurance and Reinsurance, Intellectual Property Law, Outsourcing, Planning Law, Projects/PPP, Property and Real Estate Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Public Inquiries - Support to Participants and Inquests, Public Law, Public Law Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Public Procurement Law, Real Estate and Real Estate Finance, Supporting Public Inquiries, Sustainable Finance/ Green Finance, Tax Law, Construction Law

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e69
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092739-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Award under framework
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£2,000,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Contract Period
1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
South Norfolk Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NORWICH
Postcode
NR7 0WF
Postcode Area
Norwich
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH5 Norfolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Broadland
Electoral Ward
Brundall
Westminster Constituency
Broadland and Fakenham

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Birketts LLP

Further Information

Notice Documents

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