# Legal Support for the Universal Support Grants Programme

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Work and Pensions](/buyers/department-for-work-and-pensions/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [DLA Piper UK Limited](/contract-winners/dla-piper-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £150,000
- Tender value: £150,000
- Award date: 26 April 2024
- Published: 23 May 2024
- Contract start: 26 April 2024
- Contract end: 25 April 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9c053025-1ee9-4fa8-9424-4b644497fba3-753926
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-52f6a34e-bf9a-4b45-b803-cc1de018c1cc

## Description

Contract for legal support on Universal Support, a programme of grants to clusters of local authorities \(LAs\) to deliver a local "supported employment" provision to support eligible economically inactive individuals to obtain and maintain employment\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9c053025-1ee9-4fa8-9424-4b644497fba3-753926)