# Legal Services Framework - Lot 1 - Commercial, Corporate and Employment - AWARD

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by University of Reading.

## Key facts

- Buyer: University of Reading
- Supplier: [Blake Morgan LLP](/suppliers/blake-morgan/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £0
- Tender value: £1,000,000
- Award date: 18 March 2020
- Published: 29 September 2020
- Contract start: 1 April 2020
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 65f4c442-00e4-4152-8bed-534ceafe1b7d-383930
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-75f57a39-6f25-470a-aaa6-f6e6c813030f

## Description

The University of Reading is seeking to appoint law firms to establish a framework across four lots to provide external legal expertise to complement its in-house department\. This will include flexible resource that may be utilised to address gaps in expertise, lack of capacity, short terms demand peaks and projects and periods of absence\. The University's Legal Services Department supports the University and its subsidiaries with a large and diverse range of projects, collaborations an contractual activity in the UK and beyond\. The framework will be divided into the following Lots\. Lot 1- Commercial, Corporate and Employment Legal Services Lot 1 also contains an optional Sub-Lot \(1A\) for Intellectual Property, Searching, Registration and Portfolio Management Services\. The University is seeking to appoint one firm to Sub-Lot 1A from the panel members appointed to Lot 1, who can provide all of the services listed in the Specification\. Lot 2 - Student and Higher Education Legal Services Lot 3 - Governance, Trust, Public and Charity Legal Services Lot 4 - Property and Estate Legal Services This procurement relates to Legal Services which are listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as a specific service, know as the Light Touch Regime\. It will be conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 PCR 2015\. Please refer to the full specification as detailed in the Invitation to tender \(Schedule 2\) \. Please note that Bidders will not be appointed to more than 3 Lots\. All procurement documents are available from www\.in-tendhost\.co\.uk/theuniversityofreading \. After registering access will be given to view the full documents\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/65f4c442-00e4-4152-8bed-534ceafe1b7d-383930)