Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c2a-1ab5-715c-9188-00ae67e3bf0d/legal-services-due-diligence-services-and-financial-and-governance-advice pending GB open procedure # Legal services, due diligence services and financial and governance advice [Department For Education](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) Often single bidder Estimated value Not stated Published 10 Jan 2018 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender The Local Authority Interventions Unit from the Department for Education are seeking to increase the current market of due diligence, legal services suppliers and financial and governance advisers for when interventions are escalated into a Children's Services Trust. Children's Services Trusts are created as an intervention in the event of a service failure, under direction from DfE, with clear expectations and legal agreements about service scope, ownership and control. The Department have two 'enforced' Trusts to date (Doncaster and Slough), with another enforced Trust currently being set up (Sandwell). As part of the set up for these kinds of projects, depending on the level of risk and/or cooperation from the local authority, the Department needs to draw on external services such as, legal services and due diligence services. For existing Children's Services Trusts, expert financial and governance advice has been needed to give the new organisation the financial resilience and appropriate governance structures to perform well. Additional information: It is anticipated that this market engagement exercise will incorporate a supplier engagement event for interested parties during September 2017, currently scheduled for Monday 18 September. Please email for further details, with 'DPS open procurement supplier event' in the title. The invitation to register on the DfE's Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) will go out on 18 September 2017. Please note this does not equate to a formal expression of interest in any future procurement activity. Read full description ## CPV classification Financial consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/a0e1e962-4f08-49b4-8ef7-339ef27d28e0) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Department For Education: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) [Sector More Financial & insurance services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/financial-insurance-services) ## More tenders like this [Financial and insurance services – Udbud af delkontrakter vedrørende administration af selvforsikringsordninger · Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation · 27 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-9f2a-72f8-9d86-29b05755fb83/denmark-financial-and-insurance-services-udbud-af-delkontrakter-vedrorende-a) [Property insurance services – Prestations de services d’assurances · Ville de Baud (56) · 7 days left · 26 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-eacd-7321-8a56-9e3a7fc387c0/france-property-insurance-services-prestations-de-services-dassurances) [Insurance services – Marché de service relatif à la prestation d'assurance pour les besoins de Labocéa · Labocéa · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6d89-707c-8006-6aaea9baf8b7/france-insurance-services-marche-de-service-relatif-a-la-prestation-dassura) [Health insurance services – Hospitalisatieverzekering · Gemeente Kontich · 14 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-8bc1-720a-9e1f-3592335b31e6/belgium-health-insurance-services-hospitalisatieverzekering) [Damage or loss insurance services – procedura aperta EX ART. 71 del codice degli appalti (d.lgs. N. 36/2023) PER l’affidamento del servizio DI assicurazione ALL risks (patrimonio) della durata DI 24 MESI (dalle ORE 24.00 del 31/12/2026 ALLE ORE 24.00 del 31/12/2028) prorogabile DI ulteriori 24 MESI DA aggiudicare CON IL criterio dell’offerta economicamente PIÙ vantaggiosa, in modalità telematica · Comune di Piove di Sacco · 37 days left · 25 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156aa-174b-7271-8223-dd3559df50eb/italy-damage-or-loss-insurance-services-procedura-aperta-ex-art-71-del-codi) [Liability insurance services – Prestation d'assurance pour les besoins de la Communauté de Communes Des Savanes 2027-2030 · Communauté des communes des Savanes (973) · 32 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6375-70c6-83f3-2673aade0342/france-liability-insurance-services-prestation-dassurance-pour-les-besoins)