Public Sector Legal Services
- employment
- pensions
- education law
- health and safety
- licencing law
- immigration
- property and construction
- litigation/dispute resolution
- social housing
- a comprehensive list of legal services including a specialist lot covering Transport Rail
- SME friendly with access to regional suppliers
- flexible call off terms available using both direct award, and further competition
- highly competitive hourly rates for direct awards and further competitions
- streamlined and simplified supplier selection through to contract award using a bespoke digitally enabled award support tool.
- specialist scope for a wide range of specialism
- value added benefits are available including two hours free legal advice
- simplified tender documents templates and standard framework terms and conditions agreed by all framework suppliers.
Carbon Reduction
All suppliers for this agreement have committed to comply with the Procurement Policy Note 06/21: 'Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts' as required. If a supplier is required to publish a carbon reduction plan, you can find it on their individual supplier details page.
There are 57 suppliers on this agreement
- Lot 1a: Full Service Provision - England and Wales
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- Lot 1b: Full Service Provision - Scotland
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- Lot 1c: Full Service Provision - Northern Ireland
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- Lot 2a: General Service Provision - England and Wales
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- Lot 2b: General Service Provision - Scotland
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- Lot 2c: General Service Provision - Northern Ireland
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- Lot 3: Full Service: Transport Rail - Full UK
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- further competition
- direct award
Further competition
To award a call-off contract through further competition you should:- develop a clear specification of your needs
- use the available tools to shortlist the number of suppliers you invite to bid, where suitable
- use framework schedule 6 (order form template and call-off schedules) as the basis of your call-off contract
- amend or refine your contract deliverables, including liability cap
- develop your further competition award criteria, including your intended pricing mechanism
- this will form the basis of your decision to award your call-off contract
- invite all identified suppliers to submit a tender in writing by publishing your tender documentation in line with the Public Contract Regulations
- this can be by email or through your preferred e-Sourcing tool
- find contact details for each supplier representative in the RM6179 supplier contacts document
- set a time limit for the submission of tenders, (take into account the time needed to create and submit tenders and the complexity of your needs)
- keep each tender confidential until the time limit set out for the return of tenders has expired
- apply your published award criteria to each submitted tender
- award your call-off contract by sending a completed and signed framework schedule 6 to the successful supplier
- suppliers should promptly sign and return this document (this can be done electronically)
- provide unsuccessful suppliers with written feedback on why their tenders were unsuccessful
- publish your contract on Contracts Finder for transparency purposes
Direct award
To direct award under this agreement you should:- develop a clear specification of your needs
- determine which suppliers are capable of meeting your needs by reviewing the capability matrix
- apply the direct award criteria to the prospectuses for each capable supplier to establish which supplier provides the most economically advantageous solution
- contact the supplier that you have selected and provide them with your specification so that they can complete their conflict of interest checks and confirm that they have the relevant capability and capacity
- award the call-off contract with the supplier by sending a completed and signed framework schedule 6 (order form template and call-off schedules)
- suppliers should promptly sign and return this (this can be done electronically)
Updates
Documents
- RM6240 Buyer guide v4
- RM6240 Capability matrix v1.9
- RM6240 Authorised customer list
- RM6240 Supplier prospectus links v14
- RM6240 Supplier contacts v1.12.
- RM6240 Framework award form v1.0
- RM6240 PSLS Core terms v3.0.
- RM6240 Framework schedule 1 (specIfication)
- RM6240 Framework schedule 2 framework tender v1.0
- RM6240 Framework schedule 3 framework prices v1.0
- RM6240 Framework schedule 4 framework management v1.0
- RM6240 Framework schedule 5 management charges and information v1.0
- RM6240 Framework schedule 6 order form template and call-off schedules v1.0
- RM6240 Framework schedule 7 call-off award procedure v1.0
- RM6240 Framework schedule 8 self audit certificate v1.0
- RM6240 Framework schedule 9 cyber essentials scheme v1.0
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 1 transparency reports v3.0
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 2 staff transfer v3.3
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 3 continuous improvement v3.0
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 4 call-off tender v3.1
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 5 pricing details v3.1
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 6 ICT services v3.4
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 7 key supplier Staff v3.1
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 8 BCDR v3.3
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 9 security v3.4
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 10 exit management v3.2
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 12 clustering v.3.1
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 13 implementation plan and testing v.3.3
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 14 service levels v3.2
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 15 call off contract management v3.1
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 16 benchmarking v3.2
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 17 MOD terms v3.1
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 18 background checks v3.0
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 19 Scottish law v1.0
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 20 call-off specification v3.0
- RM6240 - Call-Off Schedule 21 - Northern Ireland Law v.1.0
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 23 HMRC terms v1.0
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 25 part A civil service secondment agreement v1.0
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 25 part B: public sector secondment agreement v1.0
- RM6240 Call-off schedule 26 ethical walls agreement v1.0
- RM6240 Joint schedule 1 definitions v3.10
- RM6240 Joint schedule 2 variation form v3.1
- RM6240 Joint schedule 3 insurance requirements v3.1
- RM6240 Joint schedule 4 commercially sensitive information v3.1
- RM6240 Joint schedule 5 corporate social responsibility v3.2
- RM6240 Joint schedule 6 key subcontractors v3.1
- RM6240 Joint schedule 7 financial difficulties v3.5
- RM6240 Joint schedule 8 guarantee for PSC v3.3
- RM6240 Joint schedule 10 rectification plan v.3.0
- RM6240 Joint schedule 11 processing data v4.5
- RM6240 Joint schedule 12 supply chain visibility v.1.0