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Agora Legal: A new era for public sector procurement & legal suppliers
20th February 2025 – Constellia announces the launch of Agora Legal, a digital marketplace that simplifies and accelerates legal services procurement for the UK public sector. Developed in partnership with Bristol City Council, this Flexible Purchasing System provides a faster, fairer, and more cost-efficient way for organisations to access a diverse pool of pre-qualified legal experts.
Built for public sector teams, this fully compliant, always-open digital marketplace streamlines legal services spend management, ensuring:
Agora Legal offers agile, cost-effective, and transparent procurement—giving the public sector greater flexibility, faster access to expert legal services, and better value for money. Designed for central and local government, NHS trusts, education institutions, housing associations, and utilities, it provides a compliant, self-serve or fully managed solution. Clients can run their own processes or engage Constellia to manage competitions, direct awards, and short-listed mini-competitions compliantly on their behalf.
Procurement cycles are faster, with direct awards completed in as little as five working days and mini-competitions in 10, ensuring timely legal support. Built-in spend management provides public sector teams with real-time insights into legal spend and supplier performance, while driving economic growth and social value through regional investment, supplier diversity, and fair competition. Seamlessly integrated with Constellia’s wrap-around procurement service, Agora Legal provides expert guidance, contract management, and full compliance, ensuring the right legal expertise is available at the right time, at the right price.
For Legal Suppliers: Unlock access to public sector contracts
Agora Legal isn’t just built for buyers – it’s built for legal service providers too. The platform improves access to public sector contracts, ensuring firms of all sizes, from SMEs to local, regional and national providers have equal access.
Agora Legal champions diversity, inclusion, and fair competition, ensuring that suppliers of all shapes, backgrounds and sizes have equal opportunities to grow their public sector presence.
Rob Levene, CEO of Constellia commented “Agora Legal marks a significant step-change in how the public sector can procure legal services quickly and compliantly, completing Constellia’s professional services offering with this new solution. Developed in partnership with Bristol City Council, Agora Legal embraces innovation to help clients and suppliers work together successfully while streamlining access to expertise—making legal services procurement faster, fairer, and more cost-effective.”
Powered by Constellia: Procurement expertise you can trust
As a leading Neutral Vendor Managed Service Provider, Constellia manages over £300 million of public and private sector spend, providing a dynamic marketplace of pre-approved suppliers. Agora Legal, hosted by and in partnership with Bristol City Council, benefits from Constellia’s deep expertise in public sector procurement and supplier management – ensuring compliance, efficiency, and transparency at every stage. Providing clients access to 2,000+ suppliers, Constellia streamlines procurement across 400+ subcategories of goods, works, and services. Its proven model accelerates procurement, reduces costs and delivers smarter, value-driven solutions – giving the public sector access to high-quality legal expertise faster and more effectively.
Join the Future of Public Sector Legal Procurement
Agora Legal is live and ready to connect public sector teams with top legal expertise.
Public sector teams:
Find trusted legal experts quickly, easily, and compliantly.
Law Firms & Suppliers:
Get direct access to public sector work and compete fairly. Join today at Constellia.com/agora
For more information email us at agora@constellia.com, visit www.constellia.com/agora or call 0330 320 8020 to find out more.
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