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:

  • Charities
  • Education
  • Energy and natural resources
  • Financial institutions
  • Local government
  • Real estate
  • Transport.

Our CCS team has advised independent National Regulatory Authorities such as Ofgem, Central Government bodies such as the Ministry of Justice, Department for Business, Energy, Industry and Strategy and Department for Work and Pensions, as well as local authorities, such as Bristol City Council and Newcastle City Council. Our broad range of specialisms means we provide legal advice on a wide range of topics.

What we do

  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Charities Law
  • Competition Law
  • Contracts Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Data Protection and Information Law
  • Debt Recovery
  • Education Law
  • Employment Law
  • Energy, Natural Resources and Climate Change
  • Food, Rural and Environmental Affairs
  • Franchise Law
  • Health and Safety
  • Health, Healthcare and Social Care
  • Immigration Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Infrastructure Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Trade Investments and Regulation
  • Life Sciences
  • Litigation and Dispute Resolution
  • Non-Complex Finance and Investment
  • Outsourcing/Insourcing
  • Partnerships
  • Pensions
  • Planning and Environment
  • Projects
  • Property, Real Estate and Construction
  • Public Inquests and Inquiries
  • Public Procurement
  • Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Retained EU Law and EU Law
  • Social Housing
  • Tax
  • Telecommunications
  • Transport Law (excluding Rail).

Examples of work

  • 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 bodies including 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
     

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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We provide a full range of services under the CCS Framework, and work in a variety of sectors, including:

  • Charities
  • Education
  • Energy and natural resources
  • Financial institutions
  • Local government
  • Real estate
  • Transport.

Our CCS team has advised independent National Regulatory Authorities such as Ofgem, Central Government bodies such as the Ministry of JusticeDepartment for Business, Energy, Industry and Strategy and Department for Work and Pensions, as well as local authorities, such as Bristol City Council and Newcastle City Council. Our broad range of specialisms means we provide legal advice on a wide range of topics.

What we do

  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Charities Law
  • Competition Law
  • Contracts Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Data Protection and Information Law
  • Debt Recovery
  • Education Law
  • Employment Law
  • Energy, Natural Resources and Climate Change
  • Food, Rural and Environmental Affairs
  • Franchise Law
  • Health and Safety
  • Health, Healthcare and Social Care
  • Immigration Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Infrastructure Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Trade Investments and Regulation
  • Life Sciences
  • Litigation and Dispute Resolution
  • Non-Complex Finance and Investment
  • Outsourcing/Insourcing
  • Partnerships
  • Pensions
  • Planning and Environment
  • Projects
  • Property, Real Estate and Construction
  • Public Inquests and Inquiries
  • Public Procurement
  • Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Retained EU Law and EU Law
  • Social Housing
  • Tax
  • Telecommunications
  • Transport Law (excluding Rail).

CCS framework prospectuses

RM6240 Lot 1a and Lot 2a 

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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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