Legal Panel for Government

Summary:

General legal advice and services for central government, including finance and complex legal services, and legal advice specific to trade and rail. Provides for a wide range of commonly needed areas of law, including contracts, negotiations, dispute resolution and litigation, real estate and corporate finance.

Description:

Legal advice services for use by Central Government and UK public sector bodies.

Providing buyers with a compliant route to market for UK Law, international trade law negotiation and disputes

This agreement will bring together the specialisms currently available under the live agreements:

The specific lot structure and specialisms are yet to be determined and will be decided following customer and supplier engagement, details of which are listed below. 

This procurement may be conducted under the new public procurement regulations.

Customer engagement

We will seek to capture the needs of the public sector through 1 to 1 and group engagement events. You can register your interest by emailing our team. You will need to provide your contact details in your email.

Supplier engagement

Supplier engagement will begin March 2024 and will continue until autumn 2024, or until we are satisfied that we have fully engaged with the supply market.If you want to be involved, register your interest by emailing our team. You will need to provide your contact details in your email. In the meantime we are asking suppliers to complete a short survey.

Important links

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Timeline

Activity Estimated dates
Pre-market engagement Ongoing till Autumn 2024
Drafting of procurement documentation November 2024
Publication of find a tender (FTS) notice January to February 2025
Framework Award August to September 2025