Legal Panel for Public Sector

Summary 

Offers public sector and third sector organisations access to a list of advisory and transactional legal services and a diverse range of legal services providers across England, Wales and Scotland. Central government departments will be able to access the agreement by exception. 

Description 

Full legal support will be offered to the public sector including health, education bodies, local and regional government organisations, Infrastructure, emergency services and third sector organisations. 

 

 It covers various legal specialisms including but not limited to costs law, projects, litigation, property, public procurement, commercial, contracts, employment, infrastructure, energy, PPP, transport, rail, education, corporate, health, healthcare and social care, child law, and social housing. 


The lot structure is not finalised, we are considering a lot structure which consists of:

 

Lot 1a – Full Legal Service Provision for all Public Sector

Lot 1b – Full Legal Service Provision for Local Government and Local Communities

Lot 1c – Full Legal Service Provision for Health and Social Care

Lot 2 – Focused Legal Support

Lot 3 – Litigation and Disputes

Lot 4 – Projects and Complex Advice including PPP

Lot 5 – Transport and Planning

Lot 6 – Costs Lawyer Services


RM6374 Legal Panel for Public Sector will provide flexible call off terms as well as enabling a range of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs) where they suit the customer requirements. 

Customer engagement

We spoke to customers across the public sector in one to one meetings and group events to understand their needs. 

Supplier engagement

Our market engagement for RM6374 has now finished.

We spoke with suppliers in March 2025 and held several workshops to better understand the market. 

You can watch the recordings of all our previous sessions below, including the final meetings held in January 2026 by following the links below.

Important links

 

Prior Information Notice (PIN) Read PIN
Preliminary market engagement notice  Read PMEN
Planned Procurement Notice Read planned procurement notice
Tender documents Read tender documents

Timeline

 

Activity Estimated dates
Pre-market engagement January 2026
Drafting of procurement documentation Winter 2025
Publication of find a tender (FTS) notice February 2026
Framework Award August 2026