---
title: "Legal Services"
ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-0b3b4f42-0c09-4174-a062-0790bd32fee5"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0b3b4f42-0c09-4174-a062-0790bd32fee5"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0b3b4f42-0c09-4174-a062-0790bd32fee5.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0b3b4f42-0c09-4174-a062-0790bd32fee5.json"
source: "Contracts Finder"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) / Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC)"
published: "2026-10-05"
---

# Legal Services

Buyer: Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) / Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0b3b4f42-0c09-4174-a062-0790bd32fee5

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0b3b4f42-0c09-4174-a062-0790bd32fee5)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0b3b4f42-0c09-4174-a062-0790bd32fee5.json)

## Summary

The Civil Nuclear Police Authority and Civil Nuclear Constabulary have procured legal services covering procurement, contract and commercial governance, both complex matters and business-as-usual work, as well as misconduct. The work supports the organisations’ purchasing and contract management and their handling of misconduct matters. The buyer is based at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Didcot, and delivery is identified as being in South East England. This is a professional legal-services requirement, suited to law firms with relevant public-sector and regulatory work. The procurement is recorded as a services contract, with legal services as its principal classification.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Weightmans LLP. The award was made on 5 October 2026, for £810,000, against an estimated procurement range of £200,000 to £810,000. The contract period runs from 9 October 2026 to 8 October 2029. The requirement was presented as a single procurement, without a division into separately described lots. The procedure is described as “Other”, with no further method detail supplied. The recorded tender deadline was 5 October 2026. Small and medium-sized enterprises were identified as suitable suppliers; voluntary, community and social enterprises were not. No evaluation criteria are recorded, so the basis on which tenders were compared cannot be described.

This award shows that the Civil Nuclear Police Authority and Civil Nuclear Constabulary buy a combined legal service spanning procurement advice, contract and commercial governance, and misconduct work. A credible competitor for a comparable requirement would need a legal team able to cover both complex cases and routine business-as-usual support, and to work across purchasing, contract management and misconduct matters rather than offering only a narrow specialism. The award to a large law firm indicates that a provider with the organisational capacity to deliver across this range was selected; the stated suitability for SMEs also signals that smaller firms were considered capable of competing. Firms should assess whether they can demonstrate relevant expertise and dependable capacity across the full scope for a public-sector client with a civil nuclear policing remit.

## Notice

Legal services: Procurement, Contract and Commercial Governance (Complex and BAU) and Misconduct.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/379956c8-852a-4489-9dfa-3b3e05001d5c |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 9 Oct 2026 - 8 Oct 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £810,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £810,000 |
| 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 | Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) / Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) |
| Locality | DIDCOT |
| Postcode area | Oxford |
| Postcode | OX11 0GD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC |
| Local authority | Vale of White Horse |
| Electoral ward | Hendreds |
| Westminster constituency | Didcot and Wantage |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Weightmans LLP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 5 Oct 2026 at 13:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/379956c8-852a-4489-9dfa-3b3e05001d5c

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/379956c8-852a-4489-9dfa-3b3e05001d5c
  5th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-nuclear-consta

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0b3b4f42-0c09-4174-a062-0790bd32fee5. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0b3b4f42-0c09-4174-a062-0790bd32fee5.json.