# 3180-1 Legal Services to support FITS Programme

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Justice\.](/buyers/ministry-of-justice/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Sharpe Pritchard](/contract-winners/sharpe-pritchard/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £2,000,000
- Tender value: £2,000,000
- Award date: 1 August 2014
- Published: 19 January 2017
- Contract start: 1 August 2013
- Contract end: 30 June 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: edc59433-f07d-4fd6-a4d2-a8db919bca3a-126129
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6c094360-b9f6-4975-86b9-36a3a5df26cb

## Description

Requirement for external legal support services for FITS programme to compete and restructure existing out-sourced ICT contracts serving the MoJ community, including HM Prison Service, HM Court Service, HM Probation Service and associated criminal justice bodies\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/edc59433-f07d-4fd6-a4d2-a8db919bca3a-126129)