Contract

Workington PFI Legal Support

  • The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria

UK7: Contract details notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-041160

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0561ce

Published 18 July 2025, 9:14am



Scope

Description

The Head of Estates is leading on the Workington PFI contract expiry. There is a requirement to for specialist legal support in respect of this PFI expiry.  This scope of work will include,

Contractual obligations - to work with the client PFI team to ensure the provider complies with their contractual obligations around contract expiry, principally focused on building condition and hand back.

Contract expiry and purchase -without prejudice conversations, sharing of information, the trigger of the intent to purchase clause and ultimately the purchase.

Compromise agreement - it is possible a compromise agreement may need to be reached (around condition); this will require support in the negotiation and in the drafting.


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Supplier

Contract value

  • £100,000 excluding VAT
  • £120,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

11 July 2025

Contract dates

  • 11 July 2025 to 10 January 2027
  • 1 year, 6 months

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 79100000 - Legal services

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition


Supplier

WEIGHTMANS LLP

  • Companies House: OC326117
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHWT-6172-VYXR

100 Old Hall Street

Liverpool

L3 9QJ

United Kingdom

Region: UKD72 - Liverpool

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

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Contracting authority

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PTMH-2336-JBZN

Police Headquarters, Carleton Hall,

Penrith

CA10 2AU

United Kingdom

Region: UKD12 - East Cumbria

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government