EM Lawshare Framework Agreement for Legal Services
What the buyer wrote
West Northamptonshire Council (the Authority) is acting as lead authority and running this procurement on behalf of the EM Lawshare (EMLS). This procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and is being conducted through the Competitive Flexible procedure to identify the Potential Suppliers for the requirement. This is a Light Touch procurement. EMLS is a consortium of public bodies (the Consortium) that have been procuring legal services frameworks over the last 20 years. This procurement is for a new framework agreement to replace an existing one that is expiring on 31 March 2026. Contracting authorities will be required to be members of the Consortium in …
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- EM Lawshare Framework Agreement for Legal Services
- How they are buying
- Advertised, then negotiatedThe buyer talked terms with bidders rather than taking fixed offers.
- Type
- services
- Framework
- Yes: joining it lets you bid for call-offs without a new tender each time
- Where
- in the East Midlands
- Kind of work
- Website design and development, Legal services
Asking a question
The buyer published a contact address on this notice. Questions closed on 5 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST.
procurement@westnorthants.gov.uk
Above threshold you will be asked for a PPON and a share code when you bid. Getting one takes about half an hour, once.
You submit through the buyer’s own system: In-tend, procontract.due-north.com.