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Water Budget

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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17 Jul 2026 at 11:07

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Alder Hey procured specialist legal services relating to its water budget, water defects and advice on termination. The requirement covers legal support rather than physical water works, construction or routine water operations. The main procurement category is services, with the requirement classified under legal services (CPV 79100000). Delivery covered the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West of England. Alder Hey is the buying organisation and is based at Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool. The selected supplier is a large legal practice, indicating that the requirement was suitable for an established commercial law firm able to advise a public-sector healthcare organisation on water-related contractual and defect issues.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Bevan Brittan LLP. It used a direct award below the relevant threshold, without competition. The award was made on 17 July 2026 and the contract was signed on the same date. The active contract runs from 20 July 2026 to 19 August 2026. Its value is £11,608.33 excluding VAT, or £13,930 including VAT. There was one completed lot covering the water budget, water defects and termination advice requirement. The award was made to Bevan Brittan LLP as the sole supplier. The available outcome records show an active contract rather than a cancelled award or terminated contract. The procurement therefore provides a clear example of a short, below-threshold legal-advice engagement commissioned directly by Alder Hey.

For a competing supplier, this procurement demonstrates demand from Alder Hey for focused legal advice on water budgeting, defects and contract termination. A credible future competitor would need a legal practice with the capacity to give practical advice across these issues, understand the relationship between defects, budgets and contractual remedies, and support a public-sector healthcare buyer. The requirement was delivered across multiple English regions, so a supplier would need to work effectively across a geographically broad client context rather than only at one site. The selected organisation is a large law firm, suggesting that comparable bidders should be able to provide dependable specialist resource and manage a short, defined advisory engagement efficiently. The direct-award route also shows the relevance of monitoring below-threshold opportunities and maintaining a route to public-sector buyers.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Water Budget

Notice Description

Water Budget, water defects and termination advice

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cd9e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067627-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without 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

79100000 - Legal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£11,608 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
20 Jul 2026 - 19 Aug 2026 30 days
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
FRZAKERLEY
Postcode
L9 7LJ
Postcode Area
Liverpool
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD72 Liverpool
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Liverpool
Electoral Ward
Fazakerley West
Westminster Constituency
Liverpool Walton

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Bevan Brittan LLP

Further Information

Notice Documents

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