Awarded contract

Legal Support for a new MHA Framework

Details

Supplier(s)
Freeths LLP
Value
£20,000
Duration
1 year
Topic
Legal advisory and information services
Published
19 August 2026

Tender description

Specialist legal support is required to ensure the procurement exercise and resulting framework documentation are fully compliant with the requirements of the Procurement Act 2023, mitigate legal and commercial risks, and support the successful establishment of the framework. Call off from NEPO Legal Services Framework. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 August 2026
  2. Completed: Award published19 August 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date30 August 2027in 11 months

About the buyer

Leicestershire County Council buys as a local authority, advertising larger contracts on the government's Find a Tender service. Smaller contracts appear separately on Contracts Finder, the portal for lower-value public work. Some contracts also run through frameworks set up by outside bodies, including ESPO, and suppliers apply to join those directly. The council itself trades nationally as ESPO, running framework agreements for public bodies nationwide. A two-year procurement plan on the council's open data site lists contracts still to come. Suppliers must also register on Find a Tender, a requirement since April 2026.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Leicestershire County Council's contract awards have been in transport services, construction work and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 79140000 · Legal advisory and information services

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