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Pre-market engagement – Legal Adviser Services for Teacher Misconduct Cases (Teaching Regulation Agency)
AI Summary
The Teaching Regulation Agency is preparing to procure external legal adviser services to support the conduct of Professional Conduct Panel hearings relating to teacher misconduct. These advisers will supply impartial, high‑quality legal guidance on matters of law, mixed law‑and‑fact issues, procedure and precedent, and will draft the panel’s written findings of fact, announced decision statements and final decision documents, ensuring that all outputs are clear, legally sound and fully compliant with the Teachers’ Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012 and the Agency’s published guidance. The objective is to maintain a resilient, consistent and legally accurate panel process that can accommodate the existing statutory framework and any future expansion of the Teacher Misconduct regime.
To inform that procurement, the Agency will hold a pre‑market engagement event in which potential suppliers can review the proposed service model, discuss practical delivery considerations, assess market capacity, and propose ways to enhance resilience and consistency across all panel hearings. Following the session, participants will complete a questionnaire to contribute feedback that will help refine the Agency’s service model. This early engagement is not a tender invitation and does not confer any contractual advantage; any subsequent procurement will be conducted through a fair and objective process. The forthcoming contract will be renewable, and consideration will be given to SMEs, VCSEs, and collaborative bids. The substantive technical requirement is compliance with the Teachers’ Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012 and TRA guidance.
Description
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 supporting the current statutory framework and the future expansion of the Teacher Misconduct regime. The TRA will work closely with contracted suppliers to maintain high standards of legal accuracy, consistency in decision making and operational stability across all panel hearings.
*Please be aware that registration is for the Market Engagement Event only. This event does not signify the commencement of any procurement process and does not constitute any commitment by the Department for Education. This is NOT an invitation to tender for a contract opportunity and any suppliers invited to the event will not have a privileged position in relation to any future contract opportunity. Any subsequent procurement(s) that DfE conducts will be based on the fair and objective outcome of a procurement process.*
The DfE is keen to maximise opportunities to participate in procurement for Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs). Consideration will also be given to consortia and collaborative bids from all forms of organisations.
Contract location: UKC
Engagement process description
The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) is hosting a virtual market engagement event on Thursday 16 April 2026 from 3:15pm to 4:15pm.
The session will be held on Microsoft Teams.
Organisations interested in attending must register for an account on Jaggaer before expressing an interest in this opportunity. Access to the system is available via the Department’s e tendering portal – Jaggaer -
https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
Once registered, please navigate to the “Current Opportunities” section and search for:
• Project_10263
Once you have located the opportunity, please confirm your interest within Jaggaer.
The next step is to reserve a place at the event using the Jaggaer message facility. When doing so, please include:
• Confirmation that you wish to join the event
• Your organisation’s name
• The name(s) of attendee(s) - maximum of two attendees
• Email address(es) of attendee(s)
• Each attendee’s role within your organisation
A Teams calendar invitation with joining instructions will then be issued via Jaggaer.
Please ensure the invitation is shared with all nominated attendees.
All communications regarding this event must be submitted via Jaggaer. For any Jaggaer system support request, please contact Jaggaer Helpdesk.
Lot: 1
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En