Official UK procurement notice
Property Legal Services (PLS) 3 - Stage 1: Invitation to Participate
Authority: Department for Work & Pensions (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority requires a replacement Property Legal Services (PLS) contract. This contract will allow DWP Estates teams to continue to access property legal services following the conclusion of the existing PLS2 contract, which is due to expire on the 31st of January 2026. This contact, Property Legal Services 3 (PLS3), has been requested by Estates as part of the overall Estates Transformation programme.
The Authority has a defined set of requirements and outcomes as detailed in the Specification.
The specification provisions for all property legal services to DWP Estates across its whole estate; to include real estate advice, conveyancing, and litigation services related to all property matters.
Legal services are also required for property leases (new, breaks and expiry), landlord consents, acquisitions, and disposals, rent review issues, landlord and tenant issues, dilapidations, licence alterations and general property advice.
The Invitation to Participate, including the Procurement Specific Questionnaire and all relevant documentation can be found at:
Potential participants are reminded that they must be registered on the Central Digital Platform: www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗ as this procurement will be undertaken under the Procurement Act 2023.
The Authority (DWP) are holding an awareness session on Wednesday 18th June at 13:00.
If you would be interested in attending, please send your contact details to luke.rowlands@DWP.gov.uk
The slide deck will be made available on the Portal following the event.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 25 Jan 2030, 23:59 GMT.
- How the procedure runs: This competitive flexible procedure will be conducted in two (2) stages. Stage 1 - Inviation to Participate - which will result in 5 potential suppliers being selected to submit a final tender. Stage 2 - Invitation to submit a final tender - 5 potential suppliers will submit thier commerical and technical bids.
CPV: Real estate services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£14,200,000
- Economic & financial standing
This will be evaluated at both stage 1 and stage 2 of the procurement process.
- Technical & professional ability
This will be evaluated at both stage 1 and stage 2 of the procurement process.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Yes
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).
- Madatory questions as per published Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ)
- Economic & financial standing
This will be evaluated at both stage 1 and stage 2 of the procurement process.
- Technical & professional ability
This will be evaluated at both stage 1 and stage 2 of the procurement process.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Yes
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 25 Jan 2030
- First published
- 11 Jun 2025, 12:10 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Jun 2025, 12:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Oct 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031496- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05469cFind a Tender
- How it runs
This competitive flexible procedure will be conducted in two (2) stages.
Stage 1 - Inviation to Participate - which will result in 5 potential suppliers being selected to submit a final tender.
Stage 2 - Invitation to submit a final tender - 5 potential suppliers will submit thier commerical and technical bids.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 9 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 9 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Jun 2025 → 26 Jan 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published11 Jun 2025, 12:10 BST
- Clarification questions by27 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline9 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by379 days ago14 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts276 days ago26 Jan 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published11 Jun 2025, 12:10 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Documents will be provided through DWP's eprocurement portal, if needed.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender