Public Procurement

Our procurement specialists guide public and private sector organisations through every stage of the public procurement process, ensuring compliance, transparency, and efficiency. We work with central government, local authorities, NHS bodies, and other public entities to design and deliver robust procurement strategies aligned with statutory requirements and best practice.

We also act for suppliers to the public sector, offering upskilling in the process, bidding strategies, interpreting criteria and hurdles, ensuring compliance, and challenging the outcome where needed. 

From early-stage planning and market engagement to tender design and evaluation, we help clients structure competitive, legally compliant procurement exercises. Our expertise includes drafting documentation, managing risk, and advising on governance frameworks that support fair and defensible outcomes. 

Post-award, we provide contract management support to address variations, performance issues, and regulatory compliance. We also advise on dispute resolution, including procurement challenges and judicial review, helping clients protect their position and maintain service continuity. 

With deep sector knowledge and practical experience, we provide strategic legal advice on planning, risk management, and regulatory change. Whether supporting a single procurement or embedding best practice across programmes, our goal is to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused solutions that enable clients to achieve value for money and operational resilience.

Get in touch to ask our team about: 

• Access to our Procurement Portal, offering detailed resources to support your own procurement teams 
• General or bespoke procurement templates for all procurement documents you may need from complex, competitive flexible procedures to the open procedure 
• Tailored training – we offer extensive training programme live and virtual to upskill and refresh procurement knowledge 
• Our procurement handbooks on topics such as the Procurement Act 2023 and the design and use of frameworks 
• Our technology partners in public contract management and DACB Nexus, a software solution that allows you to manage your public sector contracts in one place, with real time data on your suppliers, regularly updating you on risks, targets and milestones 
• Live legal support during active procurements, ensuring decision-makers have real-time guidance. We also advise on facilities management and digital procurement, including joint estate contracts and technology implementation for complex service delivery models. 

Featured experience

• Advising The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology on the Matrix Programme – a procurement of a systems integrator and SaaS Vendor to deliver back-office support systems for nine government departments and 60+ ALBs 
• Advising the Cabinet Office on the re-procurement of pensions administration services for the civil service pension scheme and the Royal Mail Pension Schedule under the competitive procedure with negotiation 
• Advising National Highways on all procurement and major projects, including the Scheme Delivery Framework 2, a complex 64 lot framework for first and second tier contractors worth over £14bn