Legal services

Tender description

Sport England, UK Sport and Arts Council England are jointly setting up a framework agreement for a panel of external legal firms (the ’Panel’) which the 3 organisations will be able to utilise for their specialist legal advice requirements. The proposed framework contract will initially be for a period of 3 years, with an option to extend it for an additional 1 year period (i.e. total length of up to 4 years). The estimated Sport England, UK Sport and Arts Council England collective spend through this framework over the full 4 years is up to 2 546 000 GBP. Tenderers must be able to deliver legal advice services on the following practice areas: — commercial law, — contract law, — constitutional structures and powers, — employment law, — information law (including data protection and freedom of information), — insolvency law, — Intellectual Property, — litigation, — procurement and EU Regulations, — planning law, — property and construction law, — property litigation, — Public Law and General Policy, — state aid/ competition law, — tax including VAT – please note this is the least important practice area to both Sport England, UK Sport and Arts Council England. Tenderers must be able to deliver legal advice services on the following practice areas: — administrative law, — corporate governance, — National Lottery Act, — Public Law and Policy. Tenderers must be able to deliver legal advice services on the following areas including but not limited to: — Athletes Rights and conduct, — Athlete Endorsements, Image Rights, — bidding and hosting major sports events, — regulatory and disciplinary (anti-doping, anti-corruption, etc.), — sports sponsorship (incl. Value-in-Kind), — sport high performance, — research in sports science, medicine, research and innovation.