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Legal framework access advice
Authority: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services (73000000)
Published framework value£99,000Agreement value; may be a ceiling, not a single purchase
Contract ends 31 Mar 2027
Awarded to DLA Piper UK LLP
Contract starts 14 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement description***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****
This procurement is being concluded as a direct award under the CCS RM6360 or the provision of legal advice and services, Lot 2: Major Projects and Complex Advice.
Brief Description of Requirement
Provide specialist legal advice and drafting support to enable NERC to transition from the current Strategic Relationship Agreements (SRAs) and associated legacy instruments to a new suite of centre-specific agreements.
The legal support will ensure the transition is lawful, defensible and
aligned with UKRI governance and that the final agreements are clear and proportionate.
Published procurement details
- Framework cited in notice
- Legal Panel for Government · RM6360
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Buyer reference
- PS26075
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision26 Mar 2026
- Contract starts14 Apr 2026
- Notice published15 Apr 2026
- Contract ends31 Mar 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDContracting authority
- Identifier
- sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dXGP288m · GB-SRS
Suppliers named on the notice
- DLA Piper UK LLPSupplier
- Identifier
- 05048236 · GB-COH
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- SME
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4cd5a729-2074-4ea6-b880-2a495eb6a2bc-2026-09-15T10:30:52+01:00
- Published
- 15 Apr 2026
- Latest update
- 15 Sept 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4cd5a729-2074-4ea6-b880-2a495eb6a2bc
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4cd5a729-2074-4ea6-b880-2a495eb6a2bc-1