Notice Information
Notice Title
P4104017 - Legal Advisers for the STARThree Framework
Notice Description
Further to your submission of a bid for the above Procurement, on behalf of The Department for Transport (the "Authority"), I am pleased to inform you that your bid ranked 1st in our evaluation and therefore we would like to award the contract to you. The attached appendix provides detailed feedback on your submission. The call-off contract shall commence on 28th July 2022 and the Expiry Date will be 27th July 2024 for a period of 2 years with the option to extend by three one-year intervals (2+1+1+1 years). The total contract value shall be PS200,000 excluding VAT. This procurement activity was a Call Off Competition via RM6179 Legal Services Panel, and the framework Terms and Conditions shall apply. A copy of the contract is provided with this Award Letter and includes those terms and conditions.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-fdc4148d-9ef0-4ef3-bc93-9aa81c9b0352
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f2b5634b-7131-434e-95bb-b9f7ef0a79d9
- 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
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 May 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Jul 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Aug 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- 27 Jul 2022 - 27 Jul 2026 4-5 years
- 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 2AA
- 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
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- Vincent Square
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f2b5634b-7131-434e-95bb-b9f7ef0a79d9
19th May 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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