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East Kent Colleges Group

EKC Group Retained Legal Advice and Services 2025

Historical · AwardedNo open deadline

Historical: no longer open for bids.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
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Deadline (UK time)
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Published
26 Apr 2026
Region
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02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

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.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 79140000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

6 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 28 Aug 2025
    Tender notice

    Tender notice published 28 August 2025.

    Deadline in this release: Mon 22 Sep 2025, 17:00 BST.

    Release 052242-2025

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  2. 4 Sep 2025
    Tender notice update

    Tender notice update published 4 September 2025. Stated change: In line with the questions and clarifications window the first three sets of Questions & Answers documents have been uploaded in the Documents Section for all prospective tenders to receive the same guidance. - Clarifications and Guidance 1 - Clarifications and Guidance 2 - Clarifications and Guidance 3 now available for download. Further clarifications are estimated to be added to Documents Section of the tender in week commencing, Monday 8 September 2025.

    Deadline in this release: Mon 22 Sep 2025, 17:00 BST.

    Release 054055-2025

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  3. 12 Sep 2025
    Tender notice update

    Tender notice update published 12 September 2025. Stated change: Clarifications and Guidance Documents 4 to 11 available for download and consideration.

    Deadline in this release: Mon 22 Sep 2025, 17:00 BST.

    Release 056360-2025

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  4. 16 Sep 2025
    Tender notice update

    Tender notice update published 16 September 2025. Stated change: Clarifications and Guidance document 6 - version 2.0 Re-uploaded for improved accessibility.

    Deadline in this release: Mon 22 Sep 2025, 17:00 BST.

    Release 056899-2025

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  5. 2 Jan 2026
    Notice

    Notice published 2 January 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.

    Release 000100-2026

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  6. 26 Apr 2026
    Notice

    Notice published 26 April 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.

    Release 037801-2026

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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • The source does not state a usable value.

06/ Questions

About this notice

East Kent Colleges Group published this notice.

Value not stated in source.

08/ Related

Where to go next

These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.

Reference
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Source
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Stage
award · Awarded
Last verified
Sun 3 May 2026, 08:17 BST
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