Pre-Market Engagement - Legal Adviser Services for Teacher Tender

• Country: United Kingdom
• Summary: Pre-Market Engagement - Legal Adviser Services for Teacher Misconduct Cases (Teaching Regulation Agency)
• GBT Ref No: 137824168
• Deadline: 16 Apr 2026
• Financier: Self Financed
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
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• Description:
• The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) intends to procure external legal adviser services to support the lawful, fair and efficient operation of Professional Conduct Panel (PCP) hearings. These services will build on the model used under the current Legal Adviser (LA) contracts and will ensure panels receive independent, high quality legal advice throughout the misconduct hearing process. Legal advisers provide essential and impartial advice to PCPs on matters of law, mixed questions of law and fact, procedure, precedent, and any other issues relevant to the case before the panel. They also draft the panel-s written findings of fact, announced decision, and final decision document, ensuring these are clear, legally sound and fully compliant with the Teachers- Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012 and TRA-s published guidance. The TRA will conduct early market engagement to present our high level approach to the future service model and ensure suppliers have clarity ahead of the formal procurement. These sessions will provide an opportunity to explore practical aspects of delivering legally compliant hearings, understand market capacity and discuss how suppliers can support resilience and consistency across panels. After the event, suppliers will be invited to complete a questionnaire to provide feedback that will support the TRA-s development of its service model. The resulting procurement will therefore establish a resilient, high quality legal adviser service capable of su...
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 Tender Notice