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# Provision of Legal Services

[Scottish Water](https://tendernation.io/buyers/scottish-water)

Estimated value

£15,200,000

Published

10 Jul 2026

Deadline

Closed

11 Aug 2026

## 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.

## About this tender

Scottish Water is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of a comprehensive range of legal services to support its statutory, operational, regulatory and commercial functions.The Framework will provide access to specialist legal expertise across four service lots and will support Scottish Water in delivering major capital investment programmes, operational activities, regulatory obligations, governance responsibilities and strategic corporate objectives. The appointed framework suppliers will be required to provide high-quality legal advice, transactional support, dispute resolution services and representation where required, within a complex and highly regulated public sector environment operating substantially under Scots Law.The Framework is divided into the following Lots:Lot 1 – Land and Property Legal ServicesLot 2 – Commercial Legal ServicesLot 3 – Litigation and Employment Legal ServicesLot 4 – Governance, Corporate and Regulatory Legal ServicesFramework DurationThe Framework Agreement will be established for an initial period of four (4) years, with the option for Scottish Water, at its sole discretion, to extend the Framework for up to two (2) additional periods of two (2) years, giving a maximum potential term of eight (8) years.Estimated values are exclusive of payments made to third parties.

## CPV classification

Legal services

Source

Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-06c87c-2026-07-10T13:00:18+01:00

[View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-06c87c-2026-07-10T13:00:18+01:00)

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