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title: "Legal Services"
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# Legal Services

Buyer: PARLIAMENTARY AND HEALTH SERVICE OMBUDSMAN  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-90d9da57-7cd6-43a9-a83d-5a31f3969888

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## Summary

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is conducting a procurement process to award contracts for Legal Services, aimed at providing general legal advice and specialist legal counsel on various matters including employment and property law. This procurement is currently in the Award stage, with a total contract value of £300,000. The tender process began with a published opportunity on 12th February 2019, and submissions were required by 12th March 2019. The awarded contracts will commence on 1st June 2019 and run until 31st May 2022, covering the delivery of services across several regions, including England and the UK overseas territories.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for legal firms to expand their client base and grow their business by engaging with a key public sector entity. Firms with expertise in public law, litigation, and related specialisations—particularly those interested in bidding for one or more of the specified contract lots—are well-suited to compete. The PHSO aims to partner with around three legal firms, which creates a collaborative landscape for smaller legal service providers and SMEs to establish themselves in the public procurement sphere.

## Notice

PHSO require General Legal Advice to supplement the PHSO's in-house Legal Team. In seeking providers for legal services PHSO would require a supplier to have an excellent understanding of public law and associated litigation. Specialist advice would also be required on employment law and property law. Summary of services required: 1) Provide external legal services to PHSO and to enable orders to be placed through PHSO's in-house Legal Team. 2) Provide specialist legal advice on employment matters, general advice, property matters to PHSO as and when required. 3) Ensure litigation is managed effectively, efficiently and economically. 4) Provide access to training and resources for members of the PHSO Legal Team. PHSO intends to award contracts to approximately three legal firms, to cover the required areas of legal specialisms (lots) detailed below, whilst providing contingency for any potential conflicts of interest. Tenderers are required to indicate which lot they are bidding for when submitting their response and may bid for more than one lot. The requirements are divided into the below lots: Lot 1 - General Legal Advice Lot 2 - Litigation and Judicial Review Lot 3 - Employment Law Lot 4 - Contractual Law Lot 5 - Public Law Lot 6 - Property Law Tender documentation for this requirement (including a full specification and response document) can be obtained by submitting your expression of interest to: procurement.enquiries@ombudsman.org.uk.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e3865756-aec6-4b6d-9e53-c7beb191d57a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Aug 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Mar 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 May 2019 |
| Contract period | 25 May 2019 - 25 May 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £300,000 |
| 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 | PARLIAMENTARY AND HEALTH SERVICE OMBUDSMAN |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4QP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | Vincent Square |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 4 |
| Supplier names | BATES WELLS & BRAITHWAITE; BROWNE JACOBSON; CAPSTICKS SOLICITORS; DAC BEACHCROFT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 14 Aug 2019 at 08:21 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e3865756-aec6-4b6d-9e53-c7beb191d57a
- 12 Feb 2019 at 08:47 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9bd4350-6041-417d-b617-67d962207c5b

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e3865756-aec6-4b6d-9e53-c7beb191d57a
  14th August 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9bd4350-6041-417d-b617-67d962207c5b
  12th February 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.ombudsman.org

## Provenance

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