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title: "LEGAL SERVICES TO PROCURE A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER TO BRING FORWARD RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (TOWN CENTRE LIVING)"
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buyer: "Stockton on Tees Borough Council"
published: "2026-09-09"
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# LEGAL SERVICES TO PROCURE A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER TO BRING FORWARD RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (TOWN CENTRE LIVING)

Buyer: Stockton on Tees Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f56f

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## Summary

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council commissioned legal advisory services to procure a development partner for a programme of high-quality residential development in and around Stockton Town Centre. The legal team’s role covers advising and acting for the Council throughout the development-partner procurement, helping to evaluate tender returns with relevant Council teams, and acting as a key partner through the Pre-Development Agreement and Development Agreement stages. The requirement is a professional services opportunity focused on public-sector property development, procurement, commercial and development agreements, and related legal support. Delivery is centred on Stockton Town Centre and nearby sites in Stockton-on-Tees. The underlying development programme covers a package of sites intended to bring forward town-centre living.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded following a further competition under the NEPO513 Legal Services framework, using a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Seven bids are recorded. Evaluation was weighted 60% quality, 30% price and 10% social value. DWF LLP was awarded the contract for the relevant legal services. The contract was signed on 30 July 2026 and is valued at £60,100. The procurement description refers to the Council’s development-partner programme taking place over three years. The procurement was treated as outside the scope of the relevant directive and is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The requirement was organised as one lot, which is recorded as cancelled.

This award shows demand from Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council for a legal team able to support complex public-sector residential development procurement, rather than provide general legal advice alone. A credible competitor would need experience advising a local authority on selecting a development partner, evaluating competitive tender returns and coordinating legal work with internal procurement, property and development teams. It would also need the capability to structure, negotiate and support both a Pre-Development Agreement and a Development Agreement across a package of town-centre sites. The evaluation placed greatest emphasis on quality, with social value also assessed alongside price, so suppliers would need to demonstrate robust technical delivery, relevant development and procurement experience, and a clear social-value offer.

## Notice

The Council wish to commission a legal team to advise and act on the Council's behalf to procure a development partner to bring forward high quality town centre living across a package of sites in and around Stockton Town Centre over the next 3 years

### Lot Information

Lot 1

FC from the NEPO513 Legal Services for the LEGAL SERVICES TO PROCURE A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER TO BRING FORWARD RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (TOWN CENTRE LIVING) The Council wish to commission a legal team to advise and act on the Council's behalf to procure a development partner to bring forward high quality town centre living across a package of sites in and around Stockton Town Centre over the next 3 years This tender process will appoint a legal team to help evaluate the tender returns process with the input of the relevant SBC teams and to act as a key partner to the Council during the procurement of a development partner and throughout the Pre Development Agreement and Development Agreement stages.

### Procurement Information

A further competition was followed on the NEPO513 legal services framework. An expression of interest was sent out to all suppliers on the frameworks, 6 responses were returned with a scored weighting of 60% Quality, 30% Price and 10% SV.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085300-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £60,100 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Stockton on Tees Borough Council |
| Locality | STOCKTON ON TEES |
| Postcode area | Cleveland |
| Postcode | TS17 6BJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley |
| ITL 3 | TLC31 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees |
| Local authority | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Electoral ward | Mandale & Victoria |
| Westminster constituency | Middlesbrough and Thornaby East |
| Delivery location | TLC11 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DWF LLP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79111000 - Legal advisory services

## Release History

- 9 Sep 2026 at 11:21 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085300-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.stockton.gov.uk

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