Notice Information
Notice Title
Short term legal advice on CO2 resilience contract negotiations
Notice Description
Provision of specialist legal services to support commercial negotiations. The engagement is time limited.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0386da8c-3e5a-4fa1-91ce-cd4f35f82dfb
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/720eed96-cb5d-4076-b1ec-a5766737dfe5
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Aug 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 1 Dec 2025 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- buyinglegalservices@businessandtrade.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 2DY
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/720eed96-cb5d-4076-b1ec-a5766737dfe5
23rd September 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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