Published date: 18 September 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 August 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal advisory services - 79111000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£120,000

Procurement reference

CF-0538000D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

18 September 2025

Closing date

1 August 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

8 August 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

To appoint an industry led PRO which will be delegated relevant functions by PackUK to support with ongoing delivery of the pEPR scheme. Legal support is required to assist with the appointment process of a PRO. There are four main phases to the work:

• Prepare the proposed conditions of appointment
• Prepare the appointment process
• Run the appointment process and select the candidate PROs
• Confirm conditions of appointment and appoint the PRO

As PackUK and the 4 nations agree which functions are to be delegated to the PRO and in which years, these will in turn need to be set out in conditions of appointment. The greater the responsibilities delegated to the PRO, the more robust the appointment process will need to be, so legal support will be used to assist with the design, drafting of application documentation, and the subsequent assessment of applications.

Given the possibility of multiple applications, Defra is working on the basis that a clear, transparent and rigorous assessment process is necessary for this work, and legal support will be utilised in the application assessments and finalising conditions of appointment.

This contract will run for eight (8) months from August 2025 to March 2026.

More information

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

7 August 2025

Contract start date

8 August 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£120,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

DLA Piper UK LLP

Address

160 Aldersgate Street, London, England EC1A 4HT

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

OJ Olagunju

Address

17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK

Email

ademola.olagunju@defra.gov.uk