GMCA Legal Services for Good Growth Fund and Regeneration Projects Framework
Greater Manchester Combined Authority · Local authority
In brief
Greater Manchester Combined Authority has announced plans to buy legal work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
It is a framework worth up to £291,666,666 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.
The contract runs for 10 years, starting 1 June 2027.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 24 awards in the last 12 months).
Framework
Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £291,666,666 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.
What the notice says
GMCA, acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of GMCA Group organisations and participating Greater Manchester public sector authorities, intends to establish a multi-supplier legal services framework for the provision of specialist legal advice and support in relation to regeneration, infrastructure, place-making, housing, transport, economic development and associated major projects. The framework is expected to provide access to a range of legal disciplines including, but not limited to, commercial, property, planning, construction, development, procurement, subsidy control, governance, compulsory purchase, highways and related dispute resolution matters. The framework is intended…Read the full description
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 075359-2026
- Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 081906-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 089001-2026
Last time this was bought
GMCA965 Legal Services Support to GMCA's Waste & Resources Service
- Won by
- Dla Piper UK LLP
- Awarded
- 1 June 2026
- Value
- £895,000
- Bids
- 5
- Contract ends
- 31 December 2027
Matched on Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.
About the buyer
Procurements
297Awards
202Suppliers it has used most for legal
- Dla Piper UK LLP2 contracts
- Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit2 contracts
- Addleshaw Goddard LLP1 contract
- Copyright Licensing Agency1 contract
- The Booth Centre1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open legal tenders- £545kestimated
- £10mframework ceiling
From notice 075359-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 7 August 2026, last updated 21 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.