Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Legal Services
Authority: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOxleas NHS Foundation Trust required a supplier to provide Legal Services within the legal practice areas of Healthcare, Mental Health, NHS Governance, Structure, Transformation and Public Law, which include, but are not limited to, offering advice and finding solutions to issues within these legal practice areas.
CPV: Legal advisory and representation services · Legal advisory services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Supplier is required to provide Legal Services within the legal practice areas of…Awarded
The Supplier is required to provide Legal Services within the legal practice areas of Healthcare, Mental Health, NHS Governance, Structure, Transformation and Public Law, which include, but are not limited to, offering advice and finding solutions to issues within these legal practice areas. This includes:<br/><br/>
- Advice on relevant law;<br/>
- Drafting, negotiation and review of legal and commercial documents;<br/>
- Advice on and assistance with the structuring of commercial transactions;<br/>
- Advice and assistance on funding issues;<br/>
- Compliance with relevant government policy and guidance;<br/>
- Construction of contracts, licences and other legal documents;<br/>
- Legal risk management;<br/>
- The conduct of proceedings with any preparation or preliminary work relating thereto;<br/>
- Provision of legal seminars and training regarding new legislation and regulations implemented.<br/>
- Litigation and other forms of dispute resolution<br/>
- Participation in project and programme teams.<br/><br/>Three (3) year contract with the option to extend for a further two (2) one-year periods.
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
- 1 Apr 2025, 16:34 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2025, 16:34 BST
- Authority reference
C320835- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012352- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fb8fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Further competition through the NHS Shared Business Services, Legal Services for Health Framework, SBS10196.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capsticks Solicitors LLP | £601,606 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 012352-2025-1 · Capsticks Solicitors LLP
- Signed
- 27 Mar 2025
- Value
- £601,606
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Capsticks Solicitors LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.