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Provision of Legal Services

Nottingham Trent UniversitycontractFind a Tender ↗Ref ocds-h6vhtk-059751Procurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitableactive

Estimated value

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Awarded value

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Suppliers

19

3 SME

Lots

8

8 awarded

Published

25 Mar 2026

Description

Provision of Legal Services. The requirement will be divided into the following Lots: Lot 1a - Property or Real Estate Lot 1b - Construction Lot 2a - Human Resources (Ad-Hoc) Lot 2b - Human Resources (Retainer Service) Lot 3 - Dispute Resolution. Lot 4 - Commercial and Corporate Services Lot 5 - Student Matters Lot 6 - Patent Management

Scope

Reference
NTU/25/2897/DS
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
02 Mar 2026 to 01 Mar 2029
Possible extension to 01 Mar 2034

The Tender is being run in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) and any regulations made under it, including the Procurement Regulations 2024 (Regulations), as amended from time to time. This is an Open Procedure tender, as defined in sections 20(1) and 20(2)(a) of the Act. The University is setting up an Open Framework, which is a series of successive frameworks as defined by the Act. This is the framework 1 of the scheme (NTU/25/2897/DS). There are a maximum of two frameworks under this open framework. This competition is for the award of framework one in the scheme of frameworks. Framework one will have a contract period of 36 months. Framework two will have a contract period of 60 months. The open framework will last 8 years in total.

CPV classifications
79100000
Contract locations
East Midlands, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Technical CriteriaTechnical Criteriaquality30.00%
Service DeliveryService Deliveryquality30.00%
Quality CriteriaQuality Criteriaquality10.00%
Service InnovationService Innovationquality5.00%
SustainabilitySustainabilityquality5.00%
Commercial Offer ScheduleCommercial Offer Scheduleprice20.00%
Technical criteriaTechnical criteriaquality30.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

Please see publish tender documents.

Please see published tender documents.

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details· 8 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

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Award date

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Contract start

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Contract end

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Awarded to
BJ
Browne Jacobson LLP
FL
Freeths LLP
MR
Mills & Reeve LLP
FL
Freeths LLP
HL
HCR Legal LLP
MR
Mills & Reeve LLP
BB
Bevan Brittan LLP
SME
FL
Freeths LLP
SM
Shakespeare Martineau LLP
ES
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
MR
Mills & Reeve LLP
SM
Shakespeare Martineau LLP
BJ
Browne Jacobson LLP
MR
Mills & Reeve LLP
SM
Shakespeare Martineau LLP
MR
Mills & Reeve LLP
SM
Shakespeare Martineau LLP
BB
Barker Brettell LLP
SME
GB
Greaves Brewster LLP
SME

Lots · 8 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
LOT-0001Lot 1a - Property (or Real Estate)£1.3mcomplete
LOT-0002Lot 1b - Construction£1.3mcomplete
LOT-0003Lot 2a - Human Resources (Ad-Hoc)£1.3mcomplete
LOT-0004Lot 2b - Human Resources (Retainer Service)£208kcomplete
LOT-0005Lot 3 - Dispute Resolution£500kcomplete