RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · award

East Kent Colleges Group

EKC Group Retained Legal Advice and Services 2025

Business ServicesCPV 79140000
ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published26 Apr 2026
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
VEALE WASBROUGH VIZARDS LLP

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
finance-office@eastkent.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

TENDER REQUIREMENTS This project is to procure Retained Legal Advice and Services which: 1.

Provide ad-hoc access to a professional and legislatively sound advice and guidance service and paid at an agreed fixed fee each month or on an annual fee basis in the following nine key areas (non-exhaustive list): a.

Education law/student matters including disability discrimination, SEND, safeguarding, admissions and exclusions and service complaints; b.

Corporate governance and subsidiary company advice; c.

Freedom of information; d.

Health and safety; e.

Data protection; f.

Contracts, terms and conditions, service level agreements etc.; g.

Property disputes, leases, land and building matters, including capital projects; h.

Contractual disputes with third parties and; i.

General advice on issues affecting the running of the Group.

2.

Provide unlimited telephone and email advice on a range of areas as detailed in the ITT Document (including those listed above) 3.

Provide access and communicate with up to five specific members of the team, to be specified in the agreement as necessary.

4.

Provide advice and guidance which adds value e.g. challenging assumptions and information provided.

This will also include the provision of free briefings/update sessions/webinars on key legal changes as they arise e.g. circa 2 or 3 hours per annum.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Provide ad-hoc access to a professional

Provide ad-hoc access to a professional and legislatively sound advice and guidance service and paid at an agreed fixed fee each month or on an annual fee basis in the following nine key areas (non-exhaustive list):.

02

Provide unlimited telephone and email advice on

Provide unlimited telephone and email advice on a range of areas as detailed in the ITT Document (including those listed above).

03

Provide access and communicate with up

Provide access and communicate with up to five specific members of the team, to be specified in the agreement as necessary.

04

Provide advice and guidance which adds value

Provide advice and guidance which adds value e.g. challenging assumptions and information provided.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Safeguarding policyPolicies & commitments
Education law/student matters including disability discrimination, SEND, safeguarding, admissions and exclusions and service complaints;

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at East Kent Colleges Group, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.

Sign up free to unlock buyer intelligence

Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.

Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058fe7
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
037801-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

Who wins this kind of work

The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.

Top suppliers & buyers in Business Services

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.

East Kent Colleges Group’s tender network

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.
Also open now

Similar open tenders

Legal Services

Procurement Assist Limited c/o Integrated Facilities Management Bolton Ltd (iFM Bolton)

Closes 31 May 2029Business Services
£75.0mValue

003626 - Provision of Manned Security Guard Services at Aycliffe Secure Centre

Durham County Council

Closes 12 Oct 2026Business Services
£900kValue