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Legal Services Framework Agreement 2026-2030

Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) · National agency

In brief

Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) 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 £1,200,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

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 legal contracts in this region (from 27 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 £1,200,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission is looking to appoint up to three legal service providers to a Framework Agreement for the provision of legal services. The Framework Agreement will be in place from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2030. The average annual legal spend of the SLCC over the last four years has been GBP 266,879, the total spend in that period was GBP 1,067,516. Work is demand led, and the SLCC does not guarantee any level of spend under the contract. Legal work will include representation of the SLCC in appeals of our decisions (Inner House of the Court of Session), Judicial Review (Outer House), general litigation (occasional sheriff court or other tribunal), advice on the legislation supporting legal regulation and the work of the SLCC, advice on general public sector legislation (Human Rights, FOI, etc.), debt recovery, general business advice and occasional advice on areas of law relating to the complaints the SLCC receives.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Prior information notice · notice 000623-2026

About the buyer

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From notice 000623-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 6 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.