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title: "Provision of legal services to Historic England and English Heritage. - AWARD"
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# Provision of legal services to Historic England and English Heritage. - AWARD

Buyer: HISTORIC ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4482f0ca-76d0-4eab-9b29-15d2a8baf14a

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## Summary

Historic England is seeking to appoint a panel of four law firms to provide a comprehensive range of legal services, including planning law, property law, commercial contracts, and intellectual property, among others. This procurement process is currently at the award stage, following the completion of the tender, which ended on 21 June 2021. The contract period is set to commence on 1 September 2021 and run until 31 August 2024, with an estimated total value of £2 million. The services will be delivered across various addresses, including the UK and overseas territories, with a minimum contract value of £1.5 million.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for legal service providers, particularly those with capabilities in planning and property law related to historical contexts. Firms that specialise in commercial and intellectual property law, as well as those with experience in providing broad-spectrum legal advice, would find this an advantageous opportunity to grow their business. The competition among the selected firms is intended to ensure quality advice while fostering a diversity of legal perspectives for Historic England clients.

## Notice

We wish to appoint, ideally, a panel of four firms, each capable of providing quality advice and services across a broad spectrum of types of legal work, including particularly: ? Planning law - with an emphasis on the law relating to the historic built environment ? Property law - particularly all aspects of property management ? Commercial - a wide range of contracts, licenses etc ? Procurement and subsidy control ? Intellectual Property -including IT, trademarks, software and data protection ? Employment ? Defendant Personal Injury ? Commercial litigation ? Contentious and non-contentious construction advice ? Charity, including tax advice ? Judicial Review We would hope that firms could offer advice in all or a majority of these areas. To enable us to deal satisfactorily with conflict of interest situations and to have competition between firms for appropriate large matters allowing us to offer clients a choice of lawyer we would ideally like to appoint a maximum of four firms.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/537fce32-971e-417b-8b65-781b1f9ce2f1 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Aug 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 17 Aug 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Aug 2021 |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2021 - 31 Aug 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £2,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| 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 | HISTORIC ENGLAND |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 2EH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Mannington and Western |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 4 |
| Supplier names | BEVAN BRITTAN; BURGES SALMON; TROWERS & HAMLINS; WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 17 Aug 2021 at 14:26 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/537fce32-971e-417b-8b65-781b1f9ce2f1
- 17 Aug 2021 at 14:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/537fce32-971e-417b-8b65-781b1f9ce2f1

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/537fce32-971e-417b-8b65-781b1f9ce2f1
  17th August 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/historic-england/aspx/Home

## Provenance

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