External Legal Resource · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Sussex (Education)

Services

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South East (UKJ2)

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jul 2028 · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A service contract for external legal support for the University's in-house legal team.

This is for services that require specific expertise or where the university requires additional resources.

Previously this has been awarded via a Framework

CPV: Legal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 3 yrs

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028 (3 yrs)

Delivery: South East

79100000 Legal services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 23 May 2025, 13:54 BST
Last source update: 23 May 2025, 13:54 BST
Authority reference: US_24494
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-026392
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Legal services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ2)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0522bc Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

23 May 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
23 May 2025, 13:54 BST
Tender notice expected
1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts
1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
23 May 2025, 13:54 BST
UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: RC000672 · GB-PPON: PWVT-1568-HWWM Sussex House, Falmer, Brighton, South East, BN1 9RHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender23 May 2025, 13:54 BST