Notice Information
Notice Title
Legal Advice
Notice Description
Provision for General Legal Advice
Lot Information
Lot 1
Services to cover required specialisms including but not limited to: * Commercial matters: procurement advice, advice in relation to conditions of contract, disputes arising out of contracts, contract management questions. * Litigation: subsidence claims, lands tribunal cases, common law litigation, personal injury, judicial review challenges * Property matters: sales of surplus property, acquisitions for mine water treatment schemes, leases for boreholes, release of restrictive covenants, clawback * Advice in relation to Freedom of Information requests, Environmental Information Regulations * External enquiries received from members of the public on title/property matters Advice on property matters/commercial * Data Licensing * HR advice * Other legal matters as required
Procurement Information
This contract has been awarded directly in accordance with the framework's published call-off rules and the contract has been awarded in compliance with Regulation 33 of the PCR 2015
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0686f3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035907-2026
- 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
79111000 - Legal advisory services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Apr 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Apr 20262 weeks 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
- MINING REMEDIATION AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
- Postcode
- NG18 4RG
- Post Town
- Nottingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF15 North Nottinghamshire
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL Wales
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- Local Authority
- Mansfield
- Electoral Ward
- Berry Hill
- Westminster Constituency
- Mansfield
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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