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title: "Contract variation of Legal Services for New Nuclear"
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# Contract variation of Legal Services for New Nuclear

Buyer: BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3412eb01-7122-43f1-9904-cfbab1e4f4f6

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## Summary

The Business Energy and Industrial Strategy organisation has awarded a contract variation for Legal Services for New Nuclear projects. The contract involves Legal services with a minimum value of £10,000,000 and a total value of £15,000,000. The procurement method used was selective, and the contract period is from November 13, 2017, to December 20, 2023.

This tender for Legal Services in the nuclear sector, awarded to Linklaters LLP, presents business growth opportunities in the legal advisory services industry. Companies with expertise in commercial legal advice and experience in the nuclear sector would be well-suited to compete. The project is based in London, England, and involves work on critical project negotiations and investment activities.

## Notice

Linklaters provide all commercial legal advice to the New Nuclear a critical enabler to the financing / technical / policy and investment workstreams of this complex and fast paced project. Linklaters have supported the project since its inception and their experience on similar projects (including the Thames Tideway Tunnel which was funded through a regulated asset base (RAB), which is the approach for the SZC project), expertise in the nuclear sector and corporate knowledge/experience of the project and its multiple workstreams / stakeholders makes them a critical enabler for project success. Linklaters are intrinsically involved in multiple concurrent and planned negotiations and workstreams, and it is not feasible or desirable to extricate them at this critical juncture. The introduction of a new supplier would disrupt sensitive negotiations, and the read-in time and background would be significant. Under PCR 2015 Regulation 72(1b) (ii) which permits 50% of the original contract value to be varied (PS5,000,000 ex- VAT). This will ensure consistent support to the project through the capital raise process and provide enough time to consider longer term procurement / commercial positions in more detail.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8326e82b-9143-4ac1-9a67-1867c2982ae0 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Nov 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Nov 2017 |
| Contract period | 13 Nov 2017 - 20 Dec 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £15,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £25,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 0ET |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LINKLATERS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 12 Aug 2022 at 07:36 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8326e82b-9143-4ac1-9a67-1867c2982ae0
- 16 Jul 2018 at 13:47 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6407c798-18b7-4cf7-84c9-a2b00f819e28
- 5 Jul 2018 at 15:10 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6407c798-18b7-4cf7-84c9-a2b00f819e28

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8326e82b-9143-4ac1-9a67-1867c2982ae0
  12th August 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6407c798-18b7-4cf7-84c9-a2b00f819e28
  16th July 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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