Official UK procurement notice
Legal Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: BRIGHTER PLACES
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide services that include high-quality, specialist legal advice with experience in the social housing sector.
CPV: Legal advisory and representation services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Brighter Places requires legal advice and representation across all aspects of housing…Awarded
Brighter Places requires legal advice and representation across all aspects of housing law which includes:
- Housing management and tenancy enforcement - including Notice to Quits, possession action, succession, abandonment and injunctions
- Anti-Social Behaviour - including urgent injunctions, closure orders, committals, evidence preparation, risk assessment advice and post-order management designed to reduce harm and protect communities
- Disrepair and fitness claims - full handling of pre-action protocol compliance, claim investigations, expert instruction, defense strategy negotiation, litigation and settlement negotiation
- Building safety and compliance enforcement - including gas/electrical access injunctions, fire safety breaches, building safety act duties and all urgent compliance related actions
- Leasehold and service charge - including Tribunal work, section 20, recovery actions and drafting of compliant documents
- Rent and income related legal work - rent setting, non-routine arrears claims, injunctions, complex affordability cases and rent determination/tribunal support
- Property disputes - including rights of access, engagement with managing agents or freeholders
- Complex case escalation - multi-agency cases, safeguarding-related legal issues, hoarding, capacity related matters, dangerous occupants, and high risk customers
- Representation at court and tribunal - full preparation, advocacy or counsel instruction, evidence bundling, litigation strategy and post hearing support
- Any other relevant discipline to support the delivery of core landlord duties.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- 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
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jun 2026, 17:11 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2026, 17:11 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060932- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bf7eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The contract has been awarded without prior publication of a call for competition under a compliant framework agreement which permits direct award. The selected supplier is the incumbent provider with an established operational presence within the organisation, including on-site delivery, which is critical to maintaining continuity and service effectiveness.
The supplier has demonstrated strong performance and continues to offer value for money, taking into account quality of service, cost, and delivery capability. A change of supplier would introduce operational risk, duplication of cost, and potential disruption to service delivery.
The decision to award directly was therefore made in accordance with the framework terms to ensure continuity, minimise risk, and secure value for money.
Publisher note: This contract was awarded via direct award under a compliant framework agreement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The framework permits direct award without further competition. The supplier was assessed as offering value for money, taking into account quality, cost, and delivery considerations. The total contract value includes all extension options.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 060932-2026-1
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2026
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Cobb Warren LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.