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Defra Network eTendering Portal

Unified Communications Legal Support Services

Business ServicesCPV 79100000
Value£155k
Awarded25 May 2021
Published8 Oct 2021
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£155ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Business Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Customer requires external legal support to complement the Defra group Commercial ("DgC") team and the Government Legal Department ("GLD") in supporting the DDTS Unified Communications contract portfolio.

The Supplier shall provide advice and/or drafting on aspects of contract law, commercial law and public procurement law relevant to the Unified Communications contract portfolio as requested by the Customer from time to time.

The contract commenced on 26 May 2021 and will end on completion of the Services and, in any event, by the longstop date of 31 March 2023.

Estimated fees range £30k to £155k.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Customer requires external legal support

The Customer requires external legal support to complement the Defra group Commercial ("DgC") team and the Government Legal Department ("GLD") in supporting the DDTS Unified Communications contract portfolio.

02

The Supplier shall provide advice and/or drafting

The Supplier shall provide advice and/or drafting on aspects of contract law, commercial law and public procurement law relevant to the Unified Communications contract portfolio as requested by the Customer from time to time.

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Source & provenance
OCID
b58fad37-5b3a-4e78-bd7c-4db3af72ac1d
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
tender_283709/1002337
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