Awarded contract

The Supply of a National Framework for Legal Services to Police Forces, Police and Crime Commissioners

Details

Value
£35,000,000
Topic
Legal services
Published
1 August 2025

Tender description

The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) as the contracting authority (known as The Authority) is re-procuring a national framework for the supply of legal services to a range of public bodies including the GLA functional bodies, Police Forces, Police and Crime Commissioners, and other public bodies ("Participating Bodies"). The scope of the National Legal Services Framework Agreement will be to provide legal advice and assistance to Participating Bodies and the contract term will be 48 months in Lots as identified below with an estimated lifetime expenditure across the entirety of the Framework Agreement of up to £35,000,000: Lot 1A - Procurement, Contract and Commercial, Governance - complex projects and disputes Lot 1B - Procurement, Contract and Commercial, Governance - business as usual Lot 2 - Civil Litigation, Personal Injury and Debt Recovery Lot 3 - Inquests and Public Inquiries Lot 4 - Employment Lot 5 - Misconduct & Regulatory Lot 6 - Property - Residential, Commercial and PFI The Framework will be used to provide a substantial range and quantity of varied legal services to the Participating Bodies. The Framework Agreement is intended to benefit all Participating Bodies by securing transparent rates and fixed prices and to award contracts to legal firms whom can demonstrate the ability to provide good quality specialist legal services as they may be required to handle high profile legal cases. Lot 1A: Procurement, Contract and Commercial and Governance: Complex Projects and Disputes Procurement, Contract and Commercial and Governance: Complex Projects and Disputes Lot 1B: Procurement, Contract and Commercial and Governance: Business as Usual Procurement, Contract and Commercial and Governance: Business as Usual Lot 2: Civil Litigation, Personal Injury and Debt Recovery Civil Litigation, Personal Injury and Debt Recovery Lot 3: Inquests and Public Inquiries Inquests and Public Inquiries Lot 4: Employment Employment Lot 5: Misconduct & Regulatory Misconduct & Regulatory Lot 6: Property - Residential, Commercial and PFI Property - Residential, Commercial and PFI

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date24 July 2025
  2. Completed: Award published1 August 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Metropolitan Police Service polices Greater London and buys as a police force with its own Commercial Services team. Opportunities below the full tender threshold are advertised through CompeteFor, the portal used across the Greater London Authority group. Above that level, competitions move to the Coupa e-tendering system for supplier submissions. The largest contracts are published on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder for open competition. Major technology programmes such as digital policing systems are procured through dedicated supplier frameworks. Every contract the force signs follows the GLA Group Responsible Procurement Policy across its commercial activity.

The top 10 blue light buyers spent a collective £2.2bn between FY2021 and FY2025.

Over the past 5 years, most of Metropolitan Police Service's contract awards have been in construction work, business services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 79100000 · Legal services

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