AwardedAwarded 26 January 2026
Legal Panel 2026
Pension Protection Fund · Local or regional public body
In brief
Pension Protection Fund awarded legal work to Mills & Reeve LLP, Bird&Bird LLP and Burges Salmon LLP and 7 others on 26 January 2026.
It is split into 4 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
What the notice says
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
Lots
| Lot | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 | — | — |
| Lot 2 | — | — |
| Lot 3 | — | — |
| Lot 4 | — | — |
Who won
| Winner | Lot | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mills & Reeve LLP Bird&Bird LLP Burges Salmon LLP Osborne Clarke LLP 22 bids received | Lot 1 | £3,000,000 | Awarded 6 January 2026 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2028 |
| Pinsent Masons LLP Addleshaw Goddard LLP CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (SME) Osborne Clarke LLP Herbert Smith Freehills 19 bids received | Lot 2 | £8,000,000 | Awarded 6 January 2026 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2028 |
| Mills & Reeve LLP Burges Salmon LLP Osborne Clarke LLP 15 bids received | Lot 3 | £2,000,000 | Awarded 6 January 2026 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2028 |
| Gowling WLG (UK) LLP CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP Osborne Clarke LLP 11 bids received | Lot 4 | £3,000,000 | Awarded 6 January 2026 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2028 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Contract award notice · UK6, notice 000818-2026
- Contract details notice · UK7, notice 096887-2026
About the buyer
Pension Protection FundLast 12 months
Procurements
22Awards
19Suppliers it has used most for legal
- Addleshaw Goddard LLP1 contract
- Bird&Bird LLP1 contract
- Burges Salmon LLP1 contract
- CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP1 contract
- Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open legal tenders- £27.9mestimated
- £12bnframework ceiling
From notice 000818-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 6 January 2026, last updated 14 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 14 October 2026.