Tender: Bedford Borough Council Pre-Market Engagement for Barristers Framework 2026
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Bedford Borough Council is conducting a Pre-Market Engagement to gather feedback from barristers and legal providers on its proposed Barristers Framework 2026, focusing on the draft bid sheet and rate card. The PME is live on the InTend Portal from Monday 8 September 2025 and closes on Monday 29 September 2025 at 17:00hrs; providers should review the PME documents on the portal and submit written feedback there. The council is seeking input to ensure the rate card structure reflects actual service delivery (including how the current half-day rate card could be adapted), to test whether the bid sheet allows accurate budgeting and billing including spot-purchase pricing, and to improve the spreadsheet for transparency, fairness and efficiency; suppliers are asked to supply their own outside-framework rate card on a separate spreadsheet or within the provided spreadsheet to help forecast potential savings. All communication and responses must be submitted via the InTend Portal; portal information is available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/bedford and support can be contacted on 0844 272 8810 or [email protected].
This PME will be most relevant to barristers, chambers and legal service providers who can produce detailed rate cards and spot-purchase pricing. Key considerations include the firm deadline of 29 September 2025 (17:00hrs), the requirement to submit feedback via the InTend Portal, preparing a separate rate card to demonstrate potential savings, and that participation will not provide preferential treatment in the later procurement.
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