NHS Shared Business Services to procure £200m legal services framework

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) is to procure a national legal services framework worth an estimated £200m.

NHS SBS said the framework would be available for the healthcare sector and all other public sector bodies (NHS SBS Approved Organisations) to use for a period of four years. The private sector will also be able to utilise the framework.

The framework will be structured using the following lots:

1. Governance, Structure, Transformation & Public Law
2. Healthcare & Mental Health
3. Employment
4. Procurement, Commercial & Contract
5. Property & Construction
6. Technology & E-Commerce inc IP & Media Law
7. Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
8. Criminal
9. Legal Recovery & Collection
10. Counsel
11. Multi-Disciplinary Support

The contract is due to start on 1 December 2022 and run until 30 November 2026.

NHS SBS’s announcement came in the same week that NHS Commercial Solutions said it would be procuring a legal services framework worth £150m.