Notice Information
Notice Title
Legal Secondment for Lower Thames Crossing (LTC)
Notice Description
A Legal Secondment is required to provide additional legal resource to National Highways in-house legal team to enable it to support the wider Lower Thames Crossing Directorate as required, including but not limited to the provision of at least one secondee to provide a single point of contact from the in-house legal team to support the LTC Directorate.
Lot Information
Lot 1
LTC requires additional legal resource to National Highways in-house legal team to enable it to support the wider Lower Thames Crossing Directorate as required, including but not limited to the provision of at least one secondee to provide a single point of contact from the in-house legal team to support the LTC Directorate. This additional legal resource may also, amongst other things, provide training, legal support not capable of being given by external law firms (due to e.g. conflict of interest or being out of scope); assist with drafting instructions to external law firms; assist in the interpretation of legal advice from external law firms and interface between issues and the identification of any broader issues which may impact the interests of National Highways in the Lower Thames Crossing Project
Procurement Information
Direct Award through CCS Legal Panel Services Framework RM6360
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05fffd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000625-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- 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
79111000 - Legal advisory services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £384,696 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 5 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- ancillaryprocurement@lowerthamescrossing.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 3001235000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B4 6GA
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG31 Birmingham
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Birmingham
- Electoral Ward
- Ladywood
- Westminster Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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