Official UK procurement notice
Legal Advice · Geldards LLP for Mining Remediation Authority (Apr 2026)
Authority: Mining Remediation Authority (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£1,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 7 Apr 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Geldards LLP
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision for General Legal Advice
CPV: Legal advisory services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Services to cover required specialisms including but not limited to:Awarded
Services to cover required specialisms including but not limited to:
- Commercial matters: procurement advice, advice in relation to conditions of contract, disputes arising out of contracts, contract management questions.
- Litigation: subsidence claims, lands tribunal cases, common law litigation, personal injury, judicial review challenges
- Property matters: sales of surplus property, acquisitions for mine water treatment schemes, leases for boreholes, release of restrictive covenants, clawback
- Advice in relation to Freedom of Information requests, Environmental Information Regulations
- External enquiries received from members of the public on title/property matters Advice on property matters/commercial
- Data Licensing
- HR advice
- Other legal matters as required
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Apr 2026, 09:59 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Apr 2026, 09:59 BST
- Authority reference
CA18/05779- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035907- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0686f3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract has been awarded directly in accordance with the framework's published call‑off rules and the contract has been awarded in compliance with Regulation 33 of the PCR 2015
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geldards LLP | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Legal Advice · Geldards LLP
- Signed
- 7 Apr 2026
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- GELDARDS LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.