Commercial Legal Support Services

Ofcom will require general legal support covering: Commercial contracts; Public procurement rules; Commercial litigation; Outsourcing/insourcing; Technology, Media & Telecoms; Intellectual property; Property, and Data protection.

Ofcom require:

• Ad-hoc advice on commercial procurement issues aligned to either Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015 or the new Procurement Act (PA) 2023
• Input on specific tenders & contracts, including:

o Contract advice

o Contract/clause drafting, and

o Negotiation support (if required)

• Advice on actual, or threatened challenges to conduct/outcome of procurement processes
• Occasional refresh of standard template documents
• Training seminars on new or proposed changes to procurement legislation
• Annual update on relevant procurement case law where a review of current processes/templates would be recommended.
• Bi-monthly procurement updates to Commercial Team

Additional information: Contract was awarded via CCS Framework RM6179.