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Published 30 Jul 2024, 16:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

FCA Legal Services Framework

Official notice

Authority: Financial Conduct Authority (Public body)

Framework agreement3 lotsServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Framework ceiling (notional)£20,000,000total for 3 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 3 Sept 2024awarded 31 Mar 2025

Lots 3see the lot list below

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The FCA is establishing a framework for the provision of legal services for a four-year period, to take effect from April 2025. The Framework will consist of two Lots: Lot 1 – Public Sector Law Lot 2 – Corporate & Commercial Legal Services

CPV: Legal services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Bids received: 24 bids received · 14 suppliers appointed

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot

Lot #1Public Sector Law

Lot 1 covers the FCA’s public sector law requirements as follows: Accountability & Audit/Risk, EU & International, Financial Services/ FSMA, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Policy & Process, Procurement & Outsourcing, Payment Services & Systems/FSBRA, Public Law Litigation / Judicial Review / Regulatory Failure Investigations, Competition, Insolvency and Recovery advice

Delivery: UK

Variant bids: not allowed

79100000 Legal services

Lot #2Corporate and Commercial Legal ServicesAwarded

Lot 2 covers the FCA's Corporate and Commercial Legal Services requirements as follows: Corporate and Commercial Corporate Governance & Responsibility Dispute Resolution / Litigation Employment / Health & Safety Environmental Information Technology (including Artificial Intelligence (AI)), Data & Cyber Intellectual Property & Media Pensions Real Estates & Facilities Tax & Accounting. Additional information: Please note the values provided in Section V Award of Contract is the total estimated value of the Lot.

Delivery: UK

Variant bids: not allowed

79100000 Legal services

Lot #3Public Sector LawCancelled

Lot 1 covers the FCA's public sector law requirements as follows: Accountability & Audit/Risk EU & International Financial Services/ FSMA Human Rights & Civil Liberties Policy & Process Procurement & Outsourcing Payment Services & Systems Public Law Litigation / Judicial Review / Regulatory Failure Investigations Competition Insolvency and recovery advice. Additional information: Please note the values provided in Section V Award of Contract is the total estimated value of the Lot.

Delivery: UK

79100000 Legal services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored · same split on all 2 lots

Quality: 70%Price: 30%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Technical: 70%
Commercial: 30%

What this means for your bid

Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
“FCA Legal Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Restricted procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Yes
First published: 30 Jul 2024, 16:57 BST
Last source update: 11 Apr 2025, 16:32 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-014762
Classification (CPV): Legal services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04860e Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: e-invoicing allowed

Publisher note: In addition to the FCA, the following Contracting Authorities (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulation 2015) will be Authorised Users of the FCA’s Legal Services Framework and may choose to use it if they wish, following of the successful tender(s): • The Payments System Regulator Limited (PSR) • The Bank of England (BoE) • The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) • Financial Ombudsman Services (FOS) • Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) • The FCA Pension Plan Trustee Limited • Money & Pensions Services (formerly the Single Financial Guidance Body, and prior to that the Money Advice Service and The Pensions Advice Service.

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Atamis Health Family Portal · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis

Language: EN

Appointment period ends: 3 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 180 days from the deadline

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

atamis-fca.my.salesforce.com ↗

Timeline

3 Sept 2024 → 11 Apr 2025 · 2 dates

Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
3 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Notice published
11 Apr 2025, 16:32 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
11 Apr 2025, 16:32 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 14admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 242 from SMEs

Contracts signed 20latest 31 Mar 2025

23 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 20 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £10,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 2 Corporate and Commercial Legal Services
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 2 Corporate and Commercial Legal Services
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 1 Public Sector Law
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31 Mar 2025
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 2 Corporate and Commercial Legal Services
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31 Mar 2025
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 2 Corporate and Commercial Legal Services
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31 Mar 2025
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 2 Corporate and Commercial Legal Services
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31 Mar 2025
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FCA Legal Services Framework, Lot 2 Corporate and Commercial Legal Services
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31 Mar 2025
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Bid statistics published by the authority

Lot	Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
2 · Corporate and Commercial Legal Services	23bids · 23 electronic	1	—	—
Whole notice	24bids · 24 electronic	2	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

FCA

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEconomic affairs 01920623 12 Endeavour Square, London, UK, E20 1JNContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Framework contractors & participating bidders

17 commercial parties on the notice

ASHURST LLPFramework contractorOC330252 LONDON FRUIT & WOOL EXCHANGE 1 DUVAL SQUARE LONDON, United Kingdom, E1 6PW, United Kingdom | E1 6PW, London, UK
Addleshaw Goddard LLPFramework contractorOC318149 Milton Gate 60 Chiswell Street London, London, UK, EC1Y 4AG
BEVAN BRITTAN LLPFramework contractorOC309219 Kings Orchard, 1 Queen Street, Bristol, BS2 0HQ, Bristol, UK, BS2 0HQ
BEVAN BRITTAN LLPFramework contractorOC309219 Kings Orchard, 1 Queen Street, Bristol, BS2 0HQ, Bristol, UK, EC4M 7RF
BURGES SALMON LLPFramework contractorOC307212 One, Glass Wharf, Bristol, BS2 0ZX, United Kingdom, Bristol, UK, BS2 0ZX
Broadfield Law UK LLPFramework contractorOC320798 One Batholomew Close, London, EC1A 7BL, United Kingdom | EC1A 7BL, London, UK
Brodies LLPFramework contractorSO300334 58 Morrison Street Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, EH3 8BP
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLPFramework contractorOC310335 Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AF, United Kingdom, London, UK, EC4N 6AF
DENTONS UK AND MIDDLE EAST LLPFramework contractor0C322045 One Fleet Place London, United Kingdom, EC4M 7WS, United Kingdom, London, UK, EC4M 7WS
DLA PiperFramework contractorOC307847 160 Aldersgate Street, Barbican, London, EC1A 4HT, United Kingdom, London, UK, EC1A 4HT

Show 7 more suppliers

DLA Piper LLPFramework contractorOC307847 160 Aldersgate Street, Barbican, London, EC1A 4HT, United Kingdom, London, UK, EC1A 4HT
FIELDFISHER LLPFramework contractorOC318472 Fieldfisher London, Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, London, EC4R 3TT, United Kingdom, London, UK, EC4R 3TT
GOWLING WLG (UK) LLPFramework contractorOC304378 4 More London Riverside, London, UK, SE1 2AU
GOWLING WLG (UK) LLPFramework contractorOC304378 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU, London, UK, SE1 2AU
KINGSLEY NAPLEY LLPFramework contractorOC343278 20 Bonhill Street, London EC2A 4DN, London, UK, EC2A 4DN
MILLS and REEVE LLPFramework contractorOC326165 7th & 8th Floors 24 King William Street London, United Kingdom, EC4R 9AT, United Kingdom, London, UK, EC4R 9AT
TLT LLPFramework contractorOC308658 One Redcliff Street, Bristol, BS1 6TP, Bristol, UK, BS1 6TP

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

How this framework works

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

What it takes to winiHow this buyer will score bids.The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Procedure terms & legal framework

How it was run

Timeline

Notice history

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Framework contractors & participating bidders

Official documents & specifications (2)

What it takes to win
i
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).