Legal Services

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

b993bb67-daa6-4488-b316-dd513366f766-756663

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 79100000

Published tags

award

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

The Association of North East Councils Trading as the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) is seeking to establish a multi-supplier Framework for the provision of legal services, for us by contracting authorities throughout the United Kingdom. The opportunity can be accessed via the Open eTendering system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Framework Agreement must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the Open eTendering System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the Open eTendering system at https://www.open-uk.org/ Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted. If you need technical assistance from the Open Support team, this can be requested via open.support@nepo.org PLEASE NOTE: Open is accessible 24/7 however, technical support is available Monday - Thursday 8:30 - 5pm and Friday 8.30 - 4.30pm For guidance on how to submit your response through Open, please visit https://www.open-hub.org/training to access the available Training Guides. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.

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Observed notice trail

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1. Tender notice observed

   5 Feb 2024

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 20 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   f4d7fa16-381d-4402-94dd-81724be40d12-720411

   Published tags

   tender

2. Award notice observed

   5 Jun 2024

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 20 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   b993bb67-daa6-4488-b316-dd513366f766-756663

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Legal Services

  Buyer: THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITEDSupplier: BEVAN BRITTAN LLP

  End date in notice

  4 Jun 2028

  Value shown in notice

  £100,000,000Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

  Official source

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  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-872e9675-355d-4c79-bb15-d5c2a293b4c5-1

• Legal Services

  Buyer: THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITEDSupplier: BIRD & BIRD LLP

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