Legal services

Tender description

Sport England, UK Sport and Arts Council England have jointly set 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 contract has been awarded to the Most Economically Advantageous Tenders. The estimated Sport England, UK Sport and Arts Council England collective spend through this framework over the full 4 years is up to GBP 2 546 000. Lot 1 — General Legal Services relating to: • 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. Lot 2 — Administrative Law and National Lottery Specialism • Administrative Law, • Corporate Governance, • National Lottery Act, • Public Law and Policy. Lot 3 — Sports Law Specialism • 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.