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External Legal Services

DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 16:12.

Opportunity overview

De Montfort University ("the University") wishes to establish a new panel of external legal expertise and flexible resources to support the in-house legal services team to address gaps in existing legal expertise, periods of absence, lack of internal capacity, peak demand at short notice and projects. It is intended that this panel will comprise of up to three suppliers, with a contract duration of four years. The University is conducting the procurement using the open procedure in accordance with the requirements of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA2023) for the purpose of procuring the services described in the Specification (Requirements). A Planned Procurement Notice has previously been published to the Find a Tender Service regarding this procurement, ref. 2025/S 000-034543. More details including the full Invitation to Tender pack are available on the In-Tend e-tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home

Classification

  • CPV79100000 — Legal services

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0001£2m · Including VAT

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
1923
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
Tender response must be completed and uploaded to the In-Tend portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home) by 12:00hrs, Thursday 23rd July 2026. It is the Tenderer's responsibility to ensure that their Tender is complete, prepared and submitted in accordance with the instructions and requirements contained within this ITT and signed and dated where required.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Framework Agreement

Method
withAndWithoutReopeningCompetition
Type
closed
Description
Allocation of work The allocation of work will be based on one of two procedures - "Direct Award" and "Further Competition": Direct award The University will contract directly with suppliers on the framework and will select the most appropriate supplier for provision of the services based on supplier suitability for the instruction at hand, and ability to meet the University's timelines. Further Competition The University may choose to complete requirements by way of further competition under the framework. The University will prepare a short outline of our requirements and send it out to the suppliers and ask them to quote for the work. Typically, this will be awarded to the most cost-effective and suitable supplier. No pricing submitted as part of the 'further competition' may be above the Ceiling Rates (i.e., the prices quoted in the tender submission)

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Tender Period

Ends
23 Jul 2026, 12:00

Expected award period

Ends
24 Sept 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0001
Status
active

Value

Including VAT
2,000,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price
Name
Price

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
30
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
quality
Name
Quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
70
Weight
percentageExact

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2030, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
LOT-0001
Related Lot
LOT-0001

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79100000
Description
Legal services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF21
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Entry 2
Id
057447-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
18 Jun 2026, 10:55
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
Id
GB-CHC-XN85208

Identifier

Scheme
GB-CHC
Id
XN85208

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-UKPRN
Id
10001883
Entry 2
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDZY-8857-XDBL

Address

Street Address
The Gateway
Locality
Leicester
Postal Code
LE1 9BH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF21

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Leicester · UKF21 · LE1 9BH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF21 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 057447-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·