Notice Information
Notice Title
The Provision of Legal Services
Notice Description
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust required a supplier to provide Legal Services within the legal practice areas of Healthcare, Mental Health, NHS Governance, Structure, Transformation and Public Law, which include, but are not limited to, offering advice and finding solutions to issues within these legal practice areas.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Supplier is required to provide Legal Services within the legal practice areas of Healthcare, Mental Health, NHS Governance, Structure, Transformation and Public Law, which include, but are not limited to, offering advice and finding solutions to issues within these legal practice areas. This includes:
* Advice on relevant law;
* Drafting, negotiation and review of legal and commercial documents;
* Advice on and assistance with the structuring of commercial transactions;
* Advice and assistance on funding issues;
* Compliance with relevant government policy and guidance;
* Construction of contracts, licences and other legal documents;
* Legal risk management;
* The conduct of proceedings with any preparation or preliminary work relating thereto;
* Provision of legal seminars and training regarding new legislation and regulations implemented.
* Litigation and other forms of dispute resolution
* Participation in project and programme teams.
Three (3) year contract with the option to extend for a further two (2) one-year periods.
Procurement Information
Further competition through the NHS Shared Business Services, Legal Services for Health Framework, SBS10196.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04fb8f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012352-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79110000 - Legal advisory and representation services
79111000 - Legal advisory services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £601,606 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Mar 202511 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Giovanna Zeuli
- Contact Email
- giovanna.zeuli@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DARTFORD
- Postcode
- DA2 7WG
- Post Town
- Dartford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ43 Kent Thames Gateway
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Dartford
- Electoral Ward
- Maypole & Leyton Cross
- Westminster Constituency
- Dartford
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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