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In deliveryUnited KingdomServicesFramework agreement£16,000,000

Legal Panel 2026

Published
Published 2 September 2025
Deadline
Closed 30 September 2025

Overview

We are seeking proposals from external, third-party suppliers in relation to the establishment of a panel to provide legal services to the Board of the Pension Protection Fund. Bidders will have the opportunity to bid on any of the four lots: Lot 1 Services (Legal Advisory Services) - maximum 4 bidders will be appointed to this lot. Lot 2 Services (Asset Management) - maximum 6 bidders will be appointed to this lot. Lot 3 Services (Real Estate) - maximum 3 bidders will be appointed to this lot. Lot 4 Services (Schemes in Assessment) - maximum 3 bidders will be appointed to this lot. The new panel will be live from Monday 2nd February 2026 and successfully appointed Bidders must be capable of commencing services from this date. The contract term will be for an initial term of 24-months with two optional extension periods of 12-months each to take the maximum possible term to 48 months (2+1+1). This notice is linked to a UK2 - Early Market Engagement Notice, with the below reference numbers. There appears to be a validation bug where we're unable to link the UK2 notice with this UK4 - Tender Opportunity notice, which we are raising with BravoSolutions. Notice number: 2025/S 000-011208 Procedure ID: ocds-h6vhtk-04f8a3 Notice reference 2025-041381

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£16,000,000
Procedure
Open
Contract type
Framework agreement
SME suitable
Yes
Published
2 September 2025
Questions by
12 September 2025
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Legal services

Award outcome

Awarded value
£16,000,000
Award date
6 January 2026
Contract period
2 February 2026 → 31 January 2028
Winners
  • Addleshaw Goddard
  • Bird & Bird
  • Burges Salmon
  • CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Gowling WLG (UK) LLP
  • Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • Osborne Clarke LLP
  • Pinsent Mason LLP

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Notice history

Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.

  1. Contract

    6 January 2026

    View notice ↗
  2. Contract Notice

    2 September 2025

    View notice ↗

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Awarded: Legal Panel 2026 — won by Addleshaw Goddard +9 — Skim