Public Sector Legal Services Tenders

Weston College Group is a college of further and higher education providing education and vocational training to nearly 30,000 learners across the country. The college puts the learner first and is entrepreneurial in its approach and innovative in its thinking. The college is ambitious and aspirational and is responsive to the needs of students, staff, businesses, and the community. The contract will commence on 01/09/2025 for a term of 3 years + 1 year. The successful contractor will be required to provide legal services that meet the requirements of the specification from the contract commencement, across the following Lots: • Lot 1 - HR Matters • Lot 2 - General / Education • Lot 3 - Contract Management • Lot 4 - Property and Land We invite bidders to submit comprehensive proposals that outline their services under based on a rate card pricing model basis that provides transparent, itemised hourly or daily rates, allowing the college to effectively plan and manage legal expenditure while ensuring flexibility in service provision. The Contractor may, from time to time, be requested to carry out additional works or services that fall outside the scope of this Specification. Any such ad-hoc services must be pre-approved, with associated costs agreed in advance. The Contractor will be required to obtain a valid purchase order (PO) prior to commencing the work, as invoices submitted without an authorised PO will not be processed for payment. The tender seeks to appoint a Contractor whose expertise, initiative, and innovative approach will be integral to the delivery of high-quality legal services across the four Lots. The appointed provider will be expected to demonstrate a strong track record in legal service delivery within the education sector, offering proactive and solution-focused support that upholds the highest standards of professional advice and responsiveness. The successful Contractor should also bring forward proposals that reflect a commitment to innovation, continuous improvement, and the adoption of environmentally responsible practices. In line with Weston College's sustainability objectives, bidders are encouraged to outline how their service delivery model and organisational operations will contribute to reducing carbon emissions and supporting the College's environmental policies throughout the contract term. Tender submissions are invited for one, multiple, or all of the four legal service Lots. Bidders may submit proposals for individual Lots or a combination thereof; however, each Lot will be evaluated independently. The successful Contractor(s) must hold all relevant professional qualifications, regulatory approvals, and statutory certifications required to provide legal services within the UK education sector at the time of tender submission, ensuring they are fully authorised and compliant to operate on behalf of the Weston College Group. Weston College is committed to securing a legal services partner that can demonstrate not only professional excellence but also a clear commitment to delivering added value, social value, and meaningful opportunities for learners. As part of this tender, the College encourages bidders to outline how they will contribute to the wider college community such as offering pro bono support, contributing to staff or student development through workshops or guest lectures, creating work experience or mentoring opportunities, supporting community initiatives, and aligning with the College's social impact and inclusion goals. Proposals that clearly reflect how the supplier's work will go beyond the core contract to positively impact learners, staff, and the local community will be viewed favourably. Full details in relation to Weston College may be obtained by visiting: https://www.weston.ac.uk/

Translink wishes to appoint on an ‘Ad Hoc basis’ an experienced Public Transport Lawyer who has Public Transport experience (i.e.: Bus/Rail) within the last 3 years (minimum), based and practising in N Ireland and holds valid practicing certificates issued by the Law Society of Northern Ireland, to provide advice in relation to Motor / Liability / Miscellaneous Advice with effect from 01 October 2025. Your response must be submitted via the relevant call for tender (CfT). No other method of submission will be accepted.

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) is establishing a multi-provider framework agreement for the provision of legal services in England and Wales. The framework will be available to the members of LUPC, HEPCW, NEUPC, NWUPC, and SUPC. It will need to support a diverse membership of universities and colleges of higher and further education, as well as other not-for-profit organisations in the education, arts, science, charity, and wider public sectors. The Services provided will need to support members with in-house legal teams, and members with no internal legal support. Projects will vary widely from small transactional call-offs, project driven requirements, and long-term ongoing legal support. The design of the Framework Agreement is to provide members with a range of law firms with different cultures, specialisms, and resources, while providing opportunities for SME law firms, and flexibility of call off options to meet our members ever changing needs.

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) is establishing a multi-provider framework agreement for the provision of legal services in England and Wales. The framework will be available to the members of LUPC, HEPCW, NEUPC, NWUPC, and SUPC. It will need to support a diverse membership of universities and colleges of higher and further education, as well as other not-for-profit organisations in the education, arts, science, charity, and wider public sectors. The Services provided will need to support members with in-house legal teams, and members with no internal legal support. Projects will vary widely from small transactional call-offs, project driven requirements, and long-term ongoing legal support. The design of the Framework Agreement is to provide members with a range of law firms with different cultures, specialisms, and resources, while providing opportunities for SME law firms, and flexibility of call off options to meet our members ever changing needs.

The in-house Legal Department of Historic England provides or procures all legal advice and services to Historic England and English Heritage. In cases where either the expertise does not exist in-house or there is not the capacity to do it, work is put out to a panel of external legal firms. We are seeking to appoint a panel of external legal firms for a four-year term to assist us to provide a seamless legal advice service to Historic England and English Heritage staff.