Crown Commercial Service (CCS) supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services, including central and local government. We are proud to be current legal suppliers on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Framework for the wider public sector.
We advise a wide range of Central Government Departments, Agencies and Arms' Length Bodies. In addition, we advise a range of other, non-Central Government public sector bodies such as local authorities and NHS trusts through our recent appointment to the RM6240 Public Sector Legal Services Framework. We are appointed to two Lots - Lot 1a, full service England and Wales and Lot 2a, general legal service England and Wales. Framework guidance for buyer specific information will be available on the CCS website in due course.
We provide a full range of services under the CCS Framework, and work in a variety of sectors, including:
Advising the Education Funding Agency and Department for Education on the flagship Free Schools programme which includes UTCs and Studio Schools. Our work includes advising on site acquisition, construction, procurement, planning, tax and miscellaneous commercial matters. We advise on free school projects right across England, including many schemes in London
We work with the Insolvency Service, HMRC and collaborate with other public bodiesincluding the FCA, the Pensions Regulator and the Charities Commission by assisting them in the public interest winding up of live companies, typically involved in a wide variety of investment and other scams, the investigation and disqualification of directors of insolvent companies and the recovery of assets
The Network Transformation Programme is the largest project in Post Office Limited’s history and is supported by a £1.94bn funding package from Government to modernize and invest in the Post Office network, including moving 8,000 of the 11,500 branches in the network on to new operating model contracts. Lawyers in our commercial contracts team have a significant role in supporting the in-house team in developing the implementation methodology, as well as generating and managing the development of all documents used in the programme, including the new model contracts
We advised a central government department on a number of key site disposals for development, including helping the client to successfully resist a threatened procurement challenge from a disgruntled developer bidding for one of the sites
Our team advises Ofgem on the ongoing evolution of the offshore transmission operator regime, including on the drafting of new regulations
We advised Three Rivers District Council on the preparation of a development agreement for the South Oxley regeneration scheme, including land assembly and appropriation issues, and the preparation of a case for the use of a planning-led compulsory purchase order
Our lawyers advised Mole Valley District Council and Merton College, Oxford on its procurement of a private sector partner for a strategic development site near the M25. We provided all procurement and property law advice on this matter, carried out using the competitive negotiated procedure
Newcastle City Council sought our advice on the completion of a multi-million pound deal with Newcastle University and Legal and General Capital (the principal investment arm of the Legal and General Group) in relation to the £350 million Newcastle Science Central development, one of the biggest urban regeneration projects of its kind in the UK
We advised Bristol City Council on its district energy project where it will act as co-investor alongside the University and the University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Overview
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services, including central and local government. We are proud to be current legal suppliers on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Framework for the wider public sector.
We advise a wide range of Central Government Departments, Agencies and Arms' Length Bodies. In addition, we advise a range of other, non-Central Government public sector bodies such as local authorities and NHS trusts through our recent appointment to the RM6240 Public Sector Legal Services Framework. We are appointed to two Lots - Lot 1a, full service England and Wales and Lot 2a, general legal service England and Wales. Framework guidance for buyer specific information will be available on the CCS website in due course.
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At Womble Bond Dickinson we have an exceptional team of talented lawyers and business professionals who can offer guidance and find the solutions right for your business. We have both broad and niche expertise across all our UK and US offices.
Examples of our work and how we’ve helped companies of all sizes with a wide range of challenges.
Advising RES, the global renewable energy company, on the sale of the Port of Tyne 35MW battery storage project to the Foresight Group, one of the first M&A deals for an energy storage project in the UK
Advising Ofgem on the implications of developing a new regime to competitively tender new, separable and high value transmission assets (CATO)
Represented tax equity investors in solar, wind and biomass energy projects utilizing federal investment tax credits
Instructed by Vattenfall in relation to the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm – promoting the Development Consent Order and dealing with consenting strategy, as well as land assembly
Instructed by Vattenfall in relation to the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm – promoting the Development Consent Order and dealing with consenting strategy, as well as land assembly
Advising EDF Energy Renewables on real estate aspects and construction contracts for the Blyth offshore wind project
Assisting Gateshead Council, Newcastle City Council and the Royal Borough of Greenwich on a range of regulatory issues connected with the introduction of district heating networks, with a particular focus on the regulatory issue relating to the distribution of electricity and third party access to networks
Advised Chrysaor, the UK oil and gas independent, on a multi-billion dollar deal to acquire a package of UK North Sea assets from Shell
Advised Petrofac on a group reorganisation project and on various offshore contractual and regulatory issues
Advised Total E&P UK on a spectrum of matters including the West of Shetland infrastructure, the Shetland Island Regional Gas Export System and regulatory issues arising from the sale of St Fergus
Advised Vitol E&P on its acquisition of a 65% shareholding in Rialto Energy (Cote d’Ivoire) Limited (now Vioco Petroleum Limited), the provision of a $50m loan facility and related shareholders agreement, including advising on a new production sharing contract with the Ivory Coast government
Represented Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company in the resolution of a $400 million default termination dispute with the EPC construction contractor arising out of a $1.2 billion commercial nuclear plant decommissioning project. This engagement included state court litigation, a FERC rate case and strategic advice on project completion
Advising KiWi Power on the real estate aspects of battery storage projects and the regulatory issues surrounding those types of projects
Advising bidders and winning consortia in the Round 4 and ScotWind UK offshore wind processes.
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