Official UK procurement notice
Legal Panel 2026 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Pension Protection Fund (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are asking suppliers, with their deep knowledge of the market, to help us as we work through our options for the provision of future legal services once the current Legal Panel expires on 31st January 2026.
This RFI will provide feedback and evidence to support the procurement strategy.
CPV: Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Feb 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- “Legal Panel 2026” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Mar 2025, 16:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2025, 16:15 GMT
- Authority reference
CS0801- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011208- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f8a3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
25 Mar 2025 → 1 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published25 Mar 2025, 16:15 GMT
- Market engagement17 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
This is not a call for competition.
This notice is intended to alert potential suppliers of the opportunity to take part in the pre-market engagement for the PPF's Legal Panel and direct them to a short questionnaire as part of our pre-tender market engagement.
We are asking suppliers, with their deep knowledge of the market, to help us as we work through our options for the provision of future legal services once the current Legal Panel expires on 31st January 2026.
The Request for Information engagement will be conducted on the PPFs e-procurement portal at: ppf.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
This RFI will provide feedback and evidence to support the procurement strategy.
- Tender notice expected16 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts269 days ago1 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Mar 2025, 16:15 GMTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender