PS25288- KC Legal Advice Concerning the CERN Treaty and how this impacts the position of UKRI

Official notice

Procurement agent: UK Research and Innovation·On behalf of: UK Shared Business Services Ltd

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£10,967published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 21 Oct 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Pump Court Tax Chambers

Notice summaryFrom the published notice

This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

***** THIS IS A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

Option 1 - One Quote justified

This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
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: 22 Oct 2025, 11:27 BST
Last source update: 22 Oct 2025, 11:27 BST
Authority reference: PS25288
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-067397
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05d167 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
22 Oct 2025, 11:27 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £10,9671 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 21 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Pump Court Tax ChambersSME	£10,967 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Pump Court Tax ChambersSME
Signed
21 Oct 2025
Value
£10,967
Period
22 Oct 2025 – 23 Oct 2025
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

UK Research and Innovation

Procurement agentPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact email

Clients of the procurement agent

UK Shared Business Services LtdProcess contact pointProcuring entityShared Service ProviderGB-PPON: PMPN-7535-GNTG Swindon, South WestContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Pump Court Tax ChambersAwarded supplier 16 Bedford Row, London, London, WC1R 4EFContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender22 Oct 2025, 11:27 BST