# Legal Adviser Services for Teacher Misconduct Cases

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for Education.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Blake Morgan LLP](/suppliers/blake-morgan/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £2,026,667
- Tender value: £2,026,667
- Award date: 13 December 2019
- Published: 9 June 2023
- Contract start: 1 February 2020
- Contract end: 31 January 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 82d9821e-fa5d-4ac8-9de7-32c1ddb48099-652389
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fc3813a7-ed22-4dcf-aa7d-248238a013ad

## Description

As part of its broad policy portfolio, the DfE delivers Government policy for children's services and education, including higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England\. This includes responsibility for policy relating to teachers and teaching including the supply of high quality teachers, teacher training and the regulation of teacher conduct\. Section 141A-E of the Education Act 2002 \(the "Act"\) gives the Secretary of State for Education the powers to investigate alleged cases of teacher misconduct\. The Teaching Regulation Agency \(TRA\) is an executive agency of the DfE and acts on behalf of the Secretary of State to consider allegations of teacher misconduct\. The regulatory system \(the "System"\) for teachers is set out in the Teachers' Disciplinary Regulations \(England\) 2012 \(the "Regulations"\) and is operated on behalf of the Secretary of State by the DFE\. This contract relates to the provision of legal adviser services to an independent Professional Conduct Panel\. Additional information: This contract was awarding following a competition carried out electronically via Jaggaer e-Tendering portal utilising the following CCS frameworks: -RM3788 Wider Legal Services framework The DfE reserves the right to extend these contracts by up to a further 24 months, in increments of 12 months\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/82d9821e-fa5d-4ac8-9de7-32c1ddb48099-652389)