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title: "PRN004289 Legal Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06dab1"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority"
published: "2026-08-04"
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# PRN004289 Legal Services

Buyer: Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06dab1

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## Summary

Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority procured legal services as required. The requirement covered general legal advice and support rather than a defined project or one-off piece of work. It was a services procurement managed for the Fire Authority, whose public-safety responsibilities relate to Nottinghamshire and Nottingham. The selected legal provider, Browne Jacobson LLP, is based in Nottingham and is recorded as a small or medium-sized enterprise. The procurement used the Procurement Services / Commercial Services Group Y21012 Legal Services framework, indicating that the buyer sought access to an established legal-services supplier for its continuing requirements. The work is therefore relevant to law firms able to provide broad legal services to a fire authority or comparable public-sector organisation.

The procurement has reached the awarded stage and is complete. It used a limited procedure: a direct award under the Procurement Services / Commercial Services Group Y21012 Legal Services framework, without prior publication of a competition notice. The single lot was marked cancelled, but the associated award to Browne Jacobson LLP is active. The contract was signed on 30 July 2026 for £120,000. The award was evaluated on price. One bid was recorded, and Browne Jacobson LLP was selected as the supplier. The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The published rationale was that the procurement fell outside the relevant directive’s scope and that the framework permitted a direct award. No contract end date or duration is stated.

This award shows demand from a fire authority for broad, on-demand legal support procured through a public-sector legal-services framework and awarded on price. A competitor targeting this buyer would need to offer a wide enough legal-service capability to handle requirements as they arise, rather than only a narrowly defined specialist assignment. Experience of advising public bodies, particularly organisations responsible for public order, safety or emergency services, would help demonstrate understanding of the operating environment. Firms would also need to be able to use the relevant framework route or secure a place on an equivalent arrangement, meet its direct-award requirements and price work competitively. The incumbent is an SME based in Nottingham, showing that this type of work is not limited to the largest national firms.

## Notice

Legal services

### Procurement Information

Use of the Procurement Services / Commercial Services Group Y21012 Legal Services framework via direct award.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073506-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £120,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority |
| Locality | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Nottingham |
| Postcode | NG5 8PP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF16 South Nottinghamshire |
| Local authority | Gedling |
| Electoral ward | Calverton |
| Westminster constituency | Sherwood Forest |
| Delivery location | TLF14 Nottingham |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Browne Jacobson LLP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 4 Aug 2026 at 10:20 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073506-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.notts-fire.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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