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Procurement of Legal Investigation and Advocacy Service in Fitness to Practise
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 22 May 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
The Authority is looking for two 2 Suppliers to deliver the following as part of the Service:
a. conduct further investigation and prepare cases for Fitness to Practise hearings or meetings;
b. undertake pre-hearing case management procedures in accordance with agreed performance targets and in collaboration with other parties to the hearing; and
c. ensure the presentation of cases before adjudicators at hearings (those hearings are predominantly carried out remotely using video conferencing software but can, on occasion, be in-person at our offices in Sheffield).
Over a period of 3 - 5 years, the Authority aims to work with the Suppliers to eliminate the current backlog of circa 400 cases awaiting a final hearing. By the end of this period, the intention is to have worked successfully in partnership with the Suppliers to both eliminate the backlog and to be managing a 'steady state' of circa 150 cases being processed per annum.
This contract has a maximum value of £40.9 million. Contract 1 and Contact 2 notice values of £20.45 million, represents an estimated allocation and is provided for indicative purposes only.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 79100000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
5 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 31 Oct 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 31 October 2025.
Release 070197-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 1 Dec 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 1 December 2025. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Sat 28 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT.
Release 078630-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 5 Dec 2025Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 5 December 2025. Stated change: The scope of this requirement has been expanded to provide additional context.
Deadline in this release: Sat 28 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT.
Release 080027-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 27 Feb 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 27 February 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Thu 9 Apr 2026, 12:30 BST.
Release 017653-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 22 May 2026Notice
Notice published 22 May 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 048162-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
06/ Questions
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08/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d84e
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Last verified
- Fri 29 May 2026, 08:12 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 00:06 BST
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