Tender: CPC Legal Services Framework for Schools, Colleges, Universities and Public Sector Bodies

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CPC is seeking a supplier for a new in-house Legal Services framework to provide high-quality, cost-effective legal advice and representation to schools, academies, colleges, universities, educational trusts, local authorities and the wider public sector. The framework will replace previous outsourced contract management and requires suppliers to deliver advice, guidance, representation and transactional support across a broad range of areas relevant to education and the public sector, including education law (admissions, exclusions and appeals; SEND; safeguarding and child protection; curriculum and assessment matters; Ofsted inspection challenges; parental complaints; student discipline and behaviour policies), governance and regulatory compliance (constitution and governance advice; compliance with the Education Acts, Academies Act, Equality Act, GDPR and Freedom of Information; policy development; liaison with DfE, ESFA and Ofsted), employment and HR law (employment contracts and staff handbooks; disciplinary and grievance procedures; employment tribunals; TUPE and restructures; trade union negotiations), property and estates (acquisition, disposal and leasing; PFI/PPP and academy estate arrangements; land registration and planning law), commercial and contracts (drafting and review of contracts and SLAs; procurement advice including Public Contracts Regulations 2015; grant funding and partnership agreements; ICT/software procurement and licensing), corporate and charities law (academy conversion and re-brokerage; MAT group structures; charity law compliance; company secretarial and Companies House filings), litigation and dispute resolution (judicial reviews and regulatory challenges; contractual disputes; debt recovery; ADR/mediation) and criminal law matters (damage to property, fraud and theft, cybercrime, violence).