Kent Fire Rescue Awards £600k Legal Contract to DLA Piper
Summary
Kent Fire & Rescue Service has awarded a £600,000 contract for procurement legal services to DLA Piper LLP. The contract, effective April 14, 2026, will provide advice on various legal areas related to procurement and contracts.
What changed
Kent Fire & Rescue Service has awarded a contract valued at up to £600,000 to DLA Piper LLP for procurement legal services. The contract, which commences on April 14, 2026, and runs for three years with a potential one-year extension, was directly awarded under the CCS framework RM6360. The services will cover areas such as contracts, information and data protection law, intellectual property, and public procurement law.
This notice serves as an award confirmation. Regulated entities involved in public procurement should note the details of this contract award and the scope of services provided. No specific compliance actions are required for external parties based on this award notice, as it pertains to a specific service procurement by a government agency.
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Contract
Procurement Legal Service
- Kent Fire & Rescue Service F03: Contract award notice
Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-022055
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0667c5
Published 11 March 2026, 6:03pm
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one. Contracting authority Press escape key to exit two. Object four. Procedure five. Award of contract six. Complementary information
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one.1) Name and addresses
Kent Fire & Rescue Service
Service Headquarters, The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil
Maidstone
ME156XB
Contact
Alex Whelan
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ45 - Mid Kent
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Procurement Legal Service
Reference number
C26013
two.1.2) Main CPV code
Legal services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Kent Fire and Rescue services has awarded a contract for Procurement legal support to DLA Piper LLP. The Supplier shall provide such advice, support and drafting including, but not limited to, the key areas of contracts, information and data protection law, intellectual property law, JCT Contracts, NEC Contracts, outsourcing and public procurement law, as the Customer may require in relation to procurement and contracts associated with national initiatives and ad-hoc requirements.
This contract commences on the 14th April 2026 and expires 13th April 2029 (with the option to extend for a further 12 months).
This contract was direct awarded via the CCS framework RM6360 - Legal Panel for Government under Lot 1 - Core Legal Services
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £0.01 / Highest offer: £600,000 taken into consideration
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ4 - Kent
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Kent Fire and Rescue services has awarded a contract for Procurement legal support to DLA Piper LLP. The Supplier shall provide such advice, support and drafting including, but not limited to, the key areas of contracts, information and data protection law, intellectual property law, JCT Contracts, NEC Contracts, outsourcing and public procurement law, as the Customer may require in relation to procurement and contracts associated with national initiatives and ad-hoc requirements.
This contract commences on the 14th April 2026 and expires 13th April 2029 (with the option to extend for a further 12 months).
This contract was direct awarded via the CCS framework RM6360 - Legal Panel for Government under Lot 1 - Core Legal Services
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations Explanation:
This contract was direct award under the CCS Framework RM6360 - Legal Panel for Government under Lot 1 - Core Legal Services
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
C26013
Title
Procurement Legal Service
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
3 March 2026
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DLA Piper LLP
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
OC305358
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £600,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Maidstone
Country
United Kingdom
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