Legal Services
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The CPC's framework agreement for Legal Services offers our members access to a panel of expert legal professionals across 13 regional lots, plus a national one-stop shop. The framework covers a wide range of legal services for education, that can be tailored to meet the individual needs of your school, college, or academy. Legal advice and services available through the framework include:
- Academy Conversion and Post Conversion
- Commercial, Contracts and Procurement Law
- Construction and Estates Management
- Corporate Governance
- Data Protection and Freedom of Information
- Education and Charity Law
- Health and Safety
- Human Resources and Employment Law
- Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Private Finance Initiatives (PFI)
- Property and Land Law
- Shared Services
- Student Matters (including Admissions, Exclusions, and Safeguarding).
Key Facts
- Start date
- 1st April 2018
- End date
- 31st March 2022
The Department for Education (DfE) recommend this deal to Schools and Academies.
Key Benefits of this Deal
- Our panel of Legal Advisors in England can be contacted for free basic legal advice using our Legal Services Helpline Tool
- Competitive rates and substantial discounts on market prices.
- Quality assured legal professionals, assessed against comprehensive selection criteria.
- Full compliance with EU Regulations and the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
- An efficient and simplified procurement process, using CPC’s standard documentation.
Supplier Details
How can I use this Deal
CPC typically recommend that members undertake a further competition considering their own particular requirements, however please see the user guide for further details.
If you require support in running a further competition via this deal, Tenet Services can help. Tenet offer a nationwide service specialising in assisting education establishments to complete further competitions.
Tenet are part of the Crescent Purchasing Group of Companies and operate on a not-for-profit basis.
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The CPC Quote Tool is free to use for all our members and offers quick, compliant access to all suppliers on our deals for purchases that fall below £189,330.
"The Quote Tool was easy to use and time saving, resulting in a straightforward process where we just had to put the details in once and could then use the reputable suppliers already recommended."
Deborah Anderson-Dixon, Finance Manager at Sir William Romney's School
For purchases that exceed £189,330, the CPC Sourcing Cloud is available that complies with the regulations to allow electronic tender returns whilst still being free to use for our members. Find out more about CPC Sourcing Cloud.
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You can buy through our deals if your institution is a CPC member. It’s free to join if you are from a school, academy, multi-academy trust, college, university or you offer educational services.
CPC is owned by the education sector and our 92 deals are designed to save you money whilst being safe, easy to use and compliant. Your CPC membership also provides:
- One-to-one procurement support
- Fully funded CPD accredited procurement courses
- The opportunity to get funding from our charity CPL Group
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Associated Documentation
The following documents are associated with this deal. Some are required for successful use of the deal and are clearly marked.
| File | Details | Essential | |
|---|---|---|---|
| User Guide | This is required reading if you are considering using this framework. It tells you everything you need to know about the panel of providers, eligibility, running the mini-competition process, and evaluating bids. | Yes | Download |
| Appendix D - Sample Order Form | Having selected your chosen legal services supplier, orders can be placed via the Framework Order Form. Your preferred supplier will populate the Order Form with the full details of your requirement and then present you with a completed Order Form for signature. | Yes | Download |
| Access Agreement | This is a confirmation of access to the Legal Services Framework, and an agreement of commitment to use said Framework. | Yes | Download |
| Call-Off Terms & Conditions | Having selected your chosen legal services supplier, orders can be placed via the Call-Off Contract Terms and Conditions. Your preferred supplier will populate the Call-Off Contract terms and conditions with the full details of your requirement and then present you with completed Call-Off contract terms and conditions for signature. | Yes | Download |
| Appendix B - Further Competition Template | The attached template document should assist you with running your further competition and once completed should be sent to all suppliers on the relevant framework lot. | Yes | Download |
| Legal Services Flyer | Download | ||
| Mini Competition Checklist | It is recommended that members utilise this checklist when undertaking a mini-competition process to maximise the likelihood of obtaining a satisfactory quantity and quality of bid responses from suppliers | Yes | Download |
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Procurement training webinar series
Join Weightmans, one of the suppliers on our Legal Services framework agreement, for a series of procurement training webinars. These webinars will explore three thorny questions pertaining to how to award public contracts skillfully and lawfully within the procurement rules.
Contract Manager
Dukefield Procurement Contact Details
?>- Website: https://www.nationaleducationlegalframework.org/
- Tel: 0843 507 6026
- Email: enquiries@nationaleducationlegalframework.org