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title: "FWK1159 - Planning Legal Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-045290"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS (ACTING JOINTLY)"
published: "2024-04-16"
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# FWK1159 - Planning Legal Services

Buyer: THE CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS (ACTING JOINTLY)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-045290

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## Summary

The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords acting jointly have awarded a contract for Planning Legal Services with the title FWK1159 to Town Legal LLP. The services involve providing legal services in the field of planning law for building projects/programmes on or affecting the Parliamentary Estate. This procurement fell under the Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition method. The contract was signed on 4th April 2024 for a value of £500,000.

This tender for Planning Legal Services presents an opportunity for legal firms specialising in planning law to engage with a high-profile client represented by the Houses of Parliament. Small and medium-sized legal service providers with expertise in planning law and experience working on building projects would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process, which is at the award stage as of 16th April 2024.

## Notice

The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords acting jointly, require the services of Town Legal LLP to provide legal services in the field of planning law for building projects/ programmes on or which affect the Parliamentary Estate.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords acting jointly, require the services of Town Legal LLP to provide legal services in the field of planning law for building projects/ programmes on or which affect the Parliamentary Estate. The largest of the programmes is Restoration and Renewal which includes the restoration of the Palace of Westminster as well as the provision of temporary accommodation for the House of Lords, both of which are being delivered by Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority Limited and the temporary accommodation for the House of Commons, the proposals for which are being progressed by the Authority's Strategic Estates team. The Delivery Authority was established pursuant to the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019 and has duties under the Act in relation to the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster and the delivery of the Parliamentary building works (as defined in the Act) as part of the Restoration and Renewal (R&R) Programme.

### Procurement Information

Planning legal services fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, meaning that they are governed by the light touch regime. As of 1 January 2024, the threshold for the light touch regime is PS663,540 (inclusive of VAT), which means this proposed Framework Agreement is sub-threshold.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012307-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Apr 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £500,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS (ACTING JOINTLY) |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 0PW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TOWN LEGAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 16 Apr 2024 at 10:16 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012307-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home

## Provenance

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