Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) · National or federal agency/office
- Suppliers
- Brodies LLP SME, Burness Paull LLP, Harper Macleod LLP SME
- Value
- £1,100,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 073037-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Jul 2026
- Published3 Aug 2026Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
The SLCC looking to appoint up to three legal service providers Framework Agreement for the provision of legal services. The average annual legal spend of the SLCC over the last four years has been 266,879 GBP, the total spend in that period was 1,067,516 GBP. 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.
About the suppliers
Brodies LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SO300334).
Burness Paull LLP: every public contract they have won.
Harper Macleod LLP: every public contract they have won.