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The firm’s national non-contentious commercial practice carries out the full range of advice and support on the procurement, award and implementation of commercial contracts to its healthcare, social care, local authority, emergency service and housing clients from across the public and private sectors. The successful candidate will undertake a wide range of high quality and complex procurement and commercial work.
Job Responsibility:
advising clients, mainly in the public sector on procurement law issues under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Procurement Act 2023 and Procurement Regulations 2024 and the Provider Selection Regime
drafting and advising on commercial contracts
advising on procurement law issues including advising on the application of relevant procurement law
advising on project structuring and any procurement issues arising
advising on the design of a procurement process
drafting procurement documents
drafting commercial contracts, including bespoke services and goods contracts, framework agreements and call-off terms, concession contracts, grant agreements, collaboration agreements and contracts based on government standard templates, such as Crown Commercial Services call-off agreements and the NHS standard terms
drafting variations and waivers
advising on contract interpretation
advising on variations to public contracts including whether they are permitted by the relevant procurement legislation and the transparency requirements
advising on an end-to-end procurement process from preliminary market engagement through to the award of a public contract and contract management
advising on risks and issues that may arise during a procurement process, such as clarifications raised by bidders and the contracting authority, evaluation and moderation, changes to the procurement process, threatened challenges
delivering training to clients/potential clients on procurement law and commercial contracts in practice
Requirements:
specialises in procurement law and commercial law
has excellent drafting skills
is confident in managing and advising clients
delivers pragmatic advice in a way that clients and colleagues can easily process
will take early responsibility for handling matters
is happy to work independently and co-operatively while in a supportive team environment
will be positive and flexible, is able to prioritise work to meet deadlines, and relishes attention to detail
has excellent commercial awareness
has excellent organisation and time management skills
has a passion for finding solutions and supporting clients to achieve their aims
highly motivated
able to collaborate with a team
demonstrate the ability to build relationships internally and externally and drive forward the development of our procurement and commercial practice