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2526-0521A PPP expiry support - legal services

London Borough of Islington

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30 Sep 2026 at 12:33

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

London Borough of Islington commissioned specialist legal and commercial advisory services to support the expiry of two care home-related public-private partnership contracts. The work concerns the legal and commercial issues involved in bringing those arrangements to expiry, rather than general legal support across the Council’s services. The buying organisation is the London Borough of Islington, and the requirement relates to the Council’s care home partnerships in London. The service falls within legal advisory work.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Sharpe Pritchard LLP, which also signed the contract. The Council used a below-threshold procedure; the stated method detail does not identify a specific route. The contract was signed on 30 June 2026 and runs from 30 June to 31 July 2026, with provision for the Council to extend it by up to 11 months in total, to no later than 30 July 2027. The contract value is £40,998 excluding VAT (£49,197.60 including VAT). There was one lot, covering the support for both care home-related PPP contract expiries. No evaluation criteria are recorded in the process information.

For legal and commercial advisers, this award shows that Islington has bought focused expertise to manage the expiry of care home PPP arrangements. A credible competitor for comparable work would need demonstrable experience advising public bodies on the legal and commercial aspects of PPP contract expiry, and the ability to coordinate those strands across more than one care home contract. The requirement is specialist and tightly focused, rather than a broad legal services commission; firms with relevant public-sector partnership and care-sector contract experience would therefore be better placed to compete when the Council next needs this type of support. The selected supplier is an SME law firm, demonstrating that a smaller specialist practice was able to undertake the work.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

2526-0521A PPP expiry support - legal services

Notice Description

Secure specialist legal and commercial expertise to support with the expiry of two care home-related Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contracts.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d7e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092332-2026
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
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - unknown
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

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
£40,998 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Sep 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Jun 2026 - 31 Jul 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
London Borough of Islington
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
N1 2UD
Postcode Area
North London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI43 Haringey and Islington
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Islington
Electoral Ward
St Mary's & St James'
Westminster Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Sharpe Pritchard LLP

Further Information

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