Education purchasing consortium fires gun on procurement of £12m legal services framework

The organisation revealed that for the past few years, it had outsourced the contract management of its legal services framework agreement for various reasons, one of which being capacity internally.

“We are now looking to bring this framework back in-house and this tender exercise will form the new iteration of the framework,” it said.

CPC added: “Suppliers must be capable of delivering high-quality, cost-effective legal advice and representation to institutions such as schools, academies, colleges, universities, and educational trusts, as well as local authorities and the wider public sector.”

Suppliers are expected to provide legal advice, guidance, representation, and transactional support across a broad range of legal areas relevant to the education and the wider public sectors, including but not limited to:

• Education Law
• Governance and Regulatory Compliance
• Employment and HR Law
• Property and Estates
• Commercial and Contracts
• Corporate and Charities Law
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Criminal Law

The contract, which is worth an estimated £12m, runs from 30 March 2026 to 29 March 2029, with a possible extension to 29 March 2030.

The award criteria are quality (weighting: 60%) and price (weighting: 40%).