Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b92-6d48-71f4-b5f6-89b7df6924b1/legal-panel-2026

awarded GB open procedure

# Legal Panel 2026

[Pension Protection Fund](https://tendernation.io/buyers/pension-protection-fund)

Estimated value

Not stated

Published

14 Oct 2026

Deadline

Rolling deadline

## Who can bid

- Split into 4 lots

    You can usually bid for just the lots you can deliver.
- Sets up a framework

    Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years.
- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

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

Source

Find a Tender (UK) · Notice 096887-2026

[View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096887-2026)

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