Awarded contract

Legal Services

Details

Buyer: Sussex Police
Supplier(s): Weightmans LLP (Retainer)
Value: £14,369,440.93
Duration: 5 years
Published: 3 July 2025
Source: uk:intend:sell2:bluelight:contract

Tender description

Legal service provision for both Sussex Police and Surrey Police and represents a strategic requirement across both Forces

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 April 2024
Completed: Award published3 July 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

Sussex Police buys as a blue light force through a joint procurement service shared with Surrey Police. This Joint Procurement Service advises both forces and their Police and Crime Commissioners on every tender. Procurement follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. Suppliers register free on the In-Tend portal, where day-to-day opportunities are published. Larger opportunities also appear on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. National policing contracts increasingly route through BlueLight Commercial, formed in 2024 from the Police Digital Service's frameworks. Bidders are asked to submit a social value plan using BlueLight Commercial's NETpositive tool.

The top 10 blue light buyers spent a collective £2.2bn between FY2021 and FY2025.

Over the past 5 years, most of Sussex Police's contract awards have been in office and computing equipment and software and information systems.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@sussex-police.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@sussex-police.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@sussex-police.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@sussex-police.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@sussex-police.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@sussex-police.gov