Homes England - Legal Services Framework 2026-2030

A Addendum Notice
by HOMES ENGLAND (THE NAME ADOPTED BY THE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES AGENCY)

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Services)
Duration
4 year
Value
£63M
Sector
BUSINESS
Published
23 Jan 2026
Delivery
18 Nov 2026 to 17 Nov 2030
Deadline
n/a

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Location

North East England:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

Homes England is planning to appoint a national framework of legal professional service providers to provide a range of property and investment related legal services. It is proposed that the framework will cover services over 2 lots, with lot 1 for real estate and investment legal services (including affordable housing) and lot 2 for corporate legal services. Individual commissions and appointments from the framework will be either be via direct award or further competition. A reference to Homes England means Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency), its subsidiaries (including but not limited to the National Housing Bank) or anyone acting on behalf of Homes England that is seeking to invite suitable Suppliers to participate in this procurement process.

Lot Division

1 Real Estate and Investment Legal Services
  • Value: £35M

An overview of the Real Estate and Investment legal services we are seeking to procure includes: Mandatory (a) Real Estate: including Acquisitions, Disposals and Building Leases; (b) Real Estate Litigation including mortgage enforcement and possession claims; (c) Development & Construction incl. building safety regime; (d) Planning: including CPO; (e) Environmental Law including biodiversity & net gain (f) Commercial Property: Property Finance, (g) Infrastructure and Regeneration (including unincorporated delivery routes); (h) Property: plot sales and estate management; (i) Grant Agreements and associated matters; (j) Affordable Housing and Shared Ownership; (k) Banking (development finance to SMEs/bilateral loans (work currently undertaken via our SME lending team) and any consequential initial Restructuring (in the event of default e.g. reservation of rights letters); (l) Public/Administrative Law incl. procurement & subsidy control; (m) Commercial law; (n) Contracts (goods, works and services); (o) Intellectual Property; (p) Employment Law; Additional Services (Optional) (q) Landlord and Tenant (r) Residential mortgage regulatory advice and residential mortgage repossession (s) Agricultural law; (t) Debt Recovery

Award Criteria
Commercial Price Further details are provided in the Memorandum of Information.
Non-financial Quality 40% written quality (including 10% social value) and 20% interview. Question 1 - Written Quality - Social Value (Outcome 8) = 10% Question 2 - Written Quality - Resources, Capacity & Skills = 3% Question 3 - Written Quality - Quality Assurance = 3% Question 4 - Written Quality - Real Estate = 7% Question 5 - Written Quality- SME Banking = 7% Question 6 - Written Quality - Commercial and Procurement = 6% Question 7 - Written Quality - Affordable Housing = 4% Question 8 - Interview - Service Quality = 3% Question 9 - Interview - Subsidy = 6% Question 10 Interview - Real Estate = 6% Question 11 - Interview - Regeneration = 5% Further details are provided in the Memorandum of Information.
2 Corporate Legal Services
  • Value: £28M

An overview of Corporate legal services we are seeking to procure includes: (a) Banking- structured real estate finance, infrastructure finance, lending alliances and MMC (and associated disciplines for legal compliance); (b) Guarantees (to be issued by Homes England and associated structures); (c) Equity Finance including venture structures and joint ventures (and associated disciplines for legal compliance) (For private equity and venture capital activity - including related fund formation, capital deployment, acquisitions, debt and equity financing, complex restructurings, portfolio management and exits) and ancillary services including IP; (d) Infrastructure and Regeneration (including incorporated delivery routes); (e) Restructuring (including in the event of distress) and Insolvency; (f) Company law: corporate law matters including SPVs and Joint Ventures - contractual and company structures to deliver land and investment transactions; (g) Financial Regulation and Taxation; (h) Public/Administrative Law incl. procurement & subsidy control; Additional Services (Optional) (i) Affordable Housing and Shared Ownership; (j) Funds (regulated and quasi regulated)

Award Criteria
Commercial Price Further details are provided in the Memorandum of Information.
Non-financial Quality 40% written quality (including 10% social value) and 20% interview. Question 1 - Written Quality - Social Value (Outcome 8) = 10% Question 2 - Written Quality - Resources, Capacity & Skills = 4% Question 3 - Written Quality - Quality Assurance = 3% Question 4 - Written Quality - Commercial - Joint Ventures = 7% Question 5 - Written Quality - Structure Real Estate Finance  = 7% Question 6 - Written Quality - Restructuring = 9% Question 7 - Interview - Service Quality = 3% Question 8 - Interview - Procurement = 3% Question 9 - Interview - Banking = 7% Question 10 - Interview - Regeneration and Joint Ventures = 7% Further details are provided in the Memorandum of Information.

CPV Codes

  • 79100000 - Legal services
  • 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Indicators

  • Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **

Reference

  • ocds-h6vhtk-050d01
  • FTS 006121-2026

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