TC038 - Provision for Defence of Civil Litigation and Ad hoc Legal Advice

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Bolton Council

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

086571-2025

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 79100000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

The Borough Council of Bolton (the “Authority”) currently insures its liability and motor (fleet and non-fleet) risks with Zurich Municipal (note a new contract commenced 1st April 2022) and claims arising from this contract, with incident date after and including 1st April 2022 handled by Zurich Municipal in house team. Claims arising with a date of incident prior to this date will be handled by the previous insurers, claims handlers Gallagher Bassett. From time to time the claims which arise may become litigated and the services of solicitors are required to manage and provide representation in connection with the litigation. It is this legal work which is the subject of this Framework Agreement. The contract also has provision for ad hoc legal advice, which will primarily be utilised by Legal Services The Authority will appoint a maximum of three (3) Providers on the Framework Agreement

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Observed notice trail

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1. Award notice observed

   31 Dec 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   086571-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• TC038 - Provision for Defence of Civil Litigation and Ad hoc Legal Advice

  Buyer: Bolton CouncilSupplier: Forbes Solicitors

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  £600,000Value from the linked contract

  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

  086571-2025-TC038-1

• TC038 - Provision for Defence of Civil Litigation and Ad hoc Legal Advice

  Buyer: Bolton CouncilSupplier: Plexus Law Limited

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Source states no optionsLot 1Published 31 Dec 2025.Open supporting notice 086571-2025

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