Official UK procurement notice
Legal Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: LUPC Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLondon Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) is establishing a multi-provider framework agreement for the provision of legal services in England and Wales. The framework will be available to the members of LUPC, HEPCW, NEUPC, NWUPC, and SUPC with an option to include CPC. Members include higher education, further education, schools, the wider public sector and not for profit institutions.
Lots under the framework provide for legal services such as: property/estates; human resource/employment; dispute resolution; governance; commercial; and, student matters. It will provide for a full-service lot.
The framework agreement is estimated to commence in June 2025.
CPV: Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Dec 2024, 17:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Dec 2024, 17:16 GMT
- Authority reference
PFB5088 LU- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041305- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cc67Find a Tender
Publisher note: Please note: this PIN is issued to engage the market. No spend will be guaranteed to awarded suppliers. This PIN is not issued as a call for competition. The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are defined as small or medium enterprises (SMEs). Selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The Contracting Authority intends to use Mercell/EU Supply system for e-tendering (portal). Registration for this system can be found here: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=LUPC Suppliers interested in the prior information notice and future tender can register to attend an online supplier engagement meeting on Thursday 16th January 2025 at 10:00 for 1 hours. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposed scope and structure of the framework, initial thoughts about the procurement strategy and choice of procurement route and other areas to ensure maximum competition in the tender process and how we can develop the pricing schedule(s) to enable clarity, transparency and fairness, whilst supporting members to achieve best value. Any supplier who registers their interest in the PIN via EU Supply/Mercell will receive an invite to the event. Joining instructions will be provided prior to the event.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Dec 2024 → 7 Feb 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published20 Dec 2024, 17:16 GMT
- Tender notice expected7 Feb 2025
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
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.