Notice Information
Notice Title
P4104111 Provision of Legal Advisers for DfT's Public Ownership Programme
Notice Description
Direct Award for the Provision of Legal Advisers for DfT's Public Ownership Programme and therefore we would like to award the contract to you. The call-off contract shall commence on the 24th November 2025 and the expiry date will be 23rd August 2026 for a period of nine months including an option to extend by three months to 9th November 2026 (subject to internal approval via the DfT governance process) .The total contract value will be up to PS3,500.000.00 excluding VAT. This direct award supersedes the existing call-off contract (Ref: P4104001) for Legal Advisers - OLR Holdings, which is due to expire on 30 June 2026. The contract value has been extended by PS50,000 excluding VAT, and the total contract value shall be amended to PS3,550,000 excluding VAT. This extension has only been provided to allow for outstanding 0% VAT invoice payments to processed for disbursements.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5276dd7a-b366-4f58-8c65-7850b41449bf
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/01932594-0538-4c3c-b0c3-bd7968edfd93
- 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
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- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,550,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £3,550,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 1 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 24 Nov 2025 - 23 Aug 2026 6-12 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
- DFTC - DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 4DR
- 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
- Vincent Square
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/01932594-0538-4c3c-b0c3-bd7968edfd93
9th February 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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