Public procurement body to conduct early engagement on £100m legal services framework

In a 'future opportunity' notice, the organisation announced it is looking to conduct early supplier engagement for the framework.

The notice said: "[The] aim of the framework is to provide access to high-quality legal services for public sector organisations either on an ad hoc basis to provide support to in-house services or as standalone requirement."

It added that YPO requires engagement from suppliers to ensure it has a fit-for-purpose solution in place for customers to call off.

YPO is owned by 13 local authorities and provides a wide range of services to councils, from health and social care to corporate and financial services. It also supplies more than 30,000 schools with resources.

YPO will be holding pre-engagement supplier sessions from 1 to 23 December 2022.

The contract notice is scheduled to be published on 8 March 2023.

Adam Carey