Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Ministry of Justice · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Shakespeare Martineau LLP
- Value
- £100,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Dec 2025
- Published6 Feb 2026Published 58 days after the contract date
Description
This is a Call Off Contract awarded under the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Debt Resolution Services (DRS) Framework (RM6226). The Call Off is awarded under Lot 6 - Litigation Services. The contract is for a pilot scheme to test working with the private sector to enforce cases in the High Court and county court, including applications for charging orders, orders for sale and third-party debt orders. Confiscation orders are the principal means by which the government carries out its policy to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. They are used with the intention to disrupt and deter criminality. The prosecution can ask the Crown Court to make a confiscation order after a defendant has been convicted of a criminal offence. A confiscation order requires the defendant to pay back the benefits they've obtained through crime.
About the supplier
Shakespeare Martineau LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC319029).