# General Legal Advice- External Panel- Call Off RM6179

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for Education.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Mills and Reeve LLP](/suppliers/mills-and-reeve/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £16,000,000
- Award date: 21 July 2022
- Published: 18 December 2023
- Contract start: 21 July 2022
- Contract end: 20 July 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: d85765af-d557-496b-8017-0612aa5e5537-707780
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fcdacb02-83bb-4148-babb-907aa8877912

## Description

The Department currently has access to commercial legal advice from the Government's Commercial Law Group \("CLG"\) To supplement the service provided by CLG the Department wishes to seek additional external legal support\. The Department is looking to appoint 4 firms for up to 4 years to provide legal support as and when required\. The legal support required covers a range of procurement and commercial law advice and can include topics such as contract law, IP, GDPR, and Public Sector Procurement across the DfE Commercial Directorate\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d85765af-d557-496b-8017-0612aa5e5537-707780)