Provision of Legal Services Fitness to Practise case preparation and presentation
The Health and Care Professions CouncilcontractFind a Tender ↗Ref ocds-h6vhtk-05a8d5Procurement Act 2023SME suitableclosed for bids
Estimated value
£24.0m
services
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
0 awarded
Published
27 Oct 2025
Deadline 05 Nov 2025
Description
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) invites tenders for the provision of external legal services to support the preparation, management, and presentation of Fitness to Practise (FtP) cases. The appointed supplier(s) will investigate and manage complex and high-risk FtP cases, prepare them for hearings, and provide advocacy services before the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) and relevant courts.
Scope
- Reference
- HCPC/TRN/2025/32
- Total value
- £24,000,000 excluding VAT£28,800,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2028Possible extension to 31 Mar 2030
An optional provision to extend for a maximum of two periods of 12 months each, subject to agreement between the parties to the contract.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 79100000
- Contract locations
- UK, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Quality & Technical Requirements | — | quality | 60.00% |
| The Cost and Commercial element | — | price | 30.00% |
| The Presentation and Interview | — | cost | 10.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 17 Oct 2025, 11:00 am
- Submission deadline
- 05 Nov 2025, 5:00 pm
- Submission address
- Procurement@hcpc-uk.org Ifeoluwa.Ojo@hcpc-uk.org Tarek.Hussien@hcpc-uk.org
- Electronic submission
- No
- Procedure
- Open procedure