Legal Services Framework Agreement - Scottish Futures Trust
- Buyer
- Scottish Futures Trust Limited
- Value
- £500,000
- Closes
- 10 December 2026
- Where
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Scottish Futures Trust is looking to appoint one law firm for four years to provide general legal advice to the Trust and the entities it controls, including SFT Investments. The estimated value is £500,000 over the term. Advice on specific projects is mostly expected to come through other arrangements, but this firm may occasionally be asked to help with individual projects.
What the buyer wants
• Provide general legal advisory services to SFT, SFT Investments and any other entities directly or indirectly controlled by SFT, as required over the four-year term • Be available to advise on specific projects and programmes within SFT's remit when asked, though this is expected to be occasional • Act as the single appointed legal adviser under a framework agreement, so only one supplier will be chosen
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: Because this is a single-supplier appointment worth £500,000 over four years, only one firm will win it, and the scale of ongoing legal work may be beyond what most small businesses can take on.
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How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
Where to apply
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Questions about this tender? The official notice gives the buyer's contact.
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