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PFB1047 AP Legal Services

APUC Limited

Awarded
services
Scotland

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Key details

Contracting authority
APUC Limited
public body
Region
Stirling
Delivery: Scotland
Contract value
£4,000,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
Not stated by buyer
Published
29 January 2025

Procurement

Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 79100000 Legal services
  • 66513000 Legal insurance and all-risk insurance services
  • 66513100 Legal expenses insurance services
  • 79110000 Legal advisory and representation services
  • 79111000 Legal advisory services
  • 79112000 Legal representation services
  • 79130000 Legal documentation and certification services
  • 79140000 Legal advisory and information services

What happened

APUC Limited awarded this contract to Thorntons Law LLP on 16 Dec 2025.

Description

APUC are seeking Contractor(s) for the provision of specialist Legal Services for the further and higher education sector in Scotland.

APUC are looking to obtain, through this tendering process, price normalisation for all institutions regardless of size and demand.

Full description

The scope of this agreement is the provision of legal services to the further and higher education sector in Scotland including all the following specialisms

*Commercial-Business incorporating but not limited to the following:

Procurement & other contract law

Debt collection

Commercial corporate governance

Joint ventures

Banking, finance, insurance & taxation

Company formation

Corporate finance

Bond Issuance, mergers & acquisitions

Academic research (including grants) & research originated knowledge transfer

Competition law

Freedom of Information

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Intellectual Property

Technical Law including Software Licensing Agreements

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Software Licensing Agreements

*Property and Estates incorporating but not limited to the following:

Conveyancing

Landlord and tenant law

General estate management issues

Planning law

Major building projects

Student accommodation

Construction and Engineering

Environmental law

Property litigation and dispute resolution

*People / HR Matters incorporating but not limited to the following:

Employment dispute resolution including tribunals

Employee relations

Employment contracts and policies

UK Visas & Immigration matters

Equality and diversity

Organisational change

Health and Safety

TUPE

Pension law and advice

Student support and regulatory matters

Data protection

Freedom of Information

Fair Working Practices

*Charity incorporating but not limited to the following:

Charity law

Fundraising and sponsorship

Constitutional and parliamentary issues (including bulls, charters and statutes)

*Charity corporate governance

International incorporating but not limited to the following:

Public International Law

Law of the Sea

International Criminal Law

International ventures

International Humanitarian Law

International Human Rights Law

Refugee Law

Private International Law

Supranational Law

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Thorntons Law LLP
Award date
16 December 2025

Contact

Address
Unit 27, Stirling Business Centre, Wellgreen, Stirling, FK8 2DZ
Contact name
Graeme Kerr

Identifiers

Buyer reference
PFB1047 AP
Notice ID
002964-2025
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d700

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