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title: "Commercial Strategy Legal Support"
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# Commercial Strategy Legal Support

Buyer: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS FT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-071e75b6-0e56-4c1c-8e6c-bce2ee8be0ad

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## Summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust commissioned legal services to support the development of a new commercial strategy. The work is strategic legal advice for the Trust, rather than a general legal services requirement. The procurement is categorised as services and covers delivery in the Leatherhead area. The buyer is Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, based in Leatherhead. The requirement is specifically tied to shaping its commercial strategy; suppliers focused on commercial and public-sector strategy advice will find this more relevant than businesses offering unrelated legal specialisms.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Gowling WLG (UK) LLP. The award date was 16 October 2026. The contract period runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028. The awarded value is £100,000. The procurement used a selective process as a call-off from a framework agreement. The original tender deadline was 28 September 2026 at 12:00. The award information identifies one selected supplier. No specific evaluation criteria or scoring basis are stated in the available process details, so the basis on which the buyer selected the supplier cannot be described further.

This award demonstrates demand from Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for legal support closely connected to developing a commercial strategy. A credible competitor for a future requirement of this kind would need to combine legal expertise with a practical understanding of how NHS organisations develop and implement commercial strategies. The work is a defined advisory assignment rather than a broad, ongoing legal services portfolio, so relevant experience would include helping public-sector clients address commercial models, governance, and the legal issues arising from strategic change. The successful supplier was a large law firm, indicating that a firm able to bring appropriate specialist legal capability to a focused institutional assignment was selected. The route used was a framework call-off, making framework access relevant to competing for similar work from this buyer.

## Notice

Legal Support for a new SABP Commercial Strategy.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f54ae2b8-e009-4357-babf-b8d0f6ac119c |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £100,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £100,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS FT |
| Locality | LEATHERHEAD |
| Postcode area | Kingston upon Thames |
| Postcode | KT22 7AD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ26 East Surrey |
| Local authority | Mole Valley |
| Electoral ward | Leatherhead North |
| Westminster constituency | Epsom and Ewell |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Gowling WLG (UK) LLP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 20 Oct 2026 at 13:40 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f54ae2b8-e009-4357-babf-b8d0f6ac119c

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f54ae2b8-e009-4357-babf-b8d0f6ac119c
  20th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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