Tender

General Aerospace Legal Panel Framework - Tender Notice

UK Export Finance

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-067629

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05071d (view related notices)

Published 22 October 2025, 5:22pm

Scope

Reference

UKEF0641

Description

UKEF has a requirement to procure services of external legal counsel to advise it in relation to the financial support it provides for transactions in the aerospace sector.

In order to facilitate this, UKEF is looking to reprocure the General Aerospace Legal Panel Framework Contract, which is due to expire on 26th May 2026.

Full details of the Authority's requirements can be found in the attached ITP, specifically at Framework Schedule 1 (Specification) included in Appendix C.

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Total value (estimated)

£25,000,000 excluding VAT
£30,000,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

27 May 2026 to 26 May 2030
4 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

79110000 - Legal advisory and representation services

Contract locations

UK - United Kingdom

Framework

Maximum number of suppliers

Unlimited

Maximum percentage fee charged to suppliers

Further information about fees

Not Applicable

Justification for framework term over 4 years

Not Applicable

Framework operation description

Full details of how Call-Off Contracts will be awarded under any resultant Framework Agreement can be found in Framework Schedule 7 (Call-Off Award Procedure), available in Appendix C to the ITP pack.

Award method when using the framework

Either with or without competition

Contracting authorities that may use the framework

Establishing party only

Participation

Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation

All conditions of participation can be found in Appendix J to the ITP pack.

To support Clarification Questions relating to this stage of the procurement, the Authority is hosting a virtual market engagement event at 1400hrs GMT 03 Nov 25.

Full details of what this event will cover and how to register interest are included in at paragraph 55. of the ITP pack.

Technical ability conditions of participation

All conditions of participation can be found in Appendix J to the ITP pack

To support Clarification Questions relating to this stage of the procurement, the Authority is hosting a virtual market engagement event at 1400hrs GMT 03 Nov 25.

Full details of what this event will cover and how to register interest are included in at paragraph 55. of the ITP pack.

Submission

Enquiry deadline

7 November 2025, 11:59pm

Submission type

Requests to participate

Deadline for requests to participate

24 November 2025, 6:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

Tenders are to be submitted through the Authority's e-sender, Atamis.

Suppliers are able to register at the following link: https://ukef-atamis.my.site.com/s/Welcome and can access the procurement through the 'View our live opportunities' link.

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Suppliers to be invited to tender

Maximum 10 suppliers

Selection criteria:

All details of criteria used to down select Suppliers following the PSQ can be found in the ITP pack.

Award decision date (estimated)

13 May 2026

Recurring procurement

Publication date of next tender notice (estimated): 1 August 2029

Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name	Type	Weighting
Technical Capability	Quality	80%
Social Value	Quality	10%
Price	Price	10%

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Competitive flexible procedure

Competitive flexible procedure description

This procurement will follow a three stage procedure.

This tender notice is inviting responses to an Invitation to Participate (ITP).

Full details of this stage, and future stages, can be found in the attached ITP pack and associated documents.

Documents

Documents to be provided after the tender notice

All documents will also be available through the Authority's e-sender and this notice will be updated periodically when new documentation is issued.

The opportunity is available through the Authority's e-sender at the following link: https://ukef-atamis.my.site.com/s/Welcome

Contracting authority

UK Export Finance

Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWRW-3185-DZTP

1 Horse Guards Rd,

London

SW1A 2HQ

United Kingdom

Email: commercial@ukexportfinance.gov.uk

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Organisation type: Public authority - central government