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title: "Legal Services Tender"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-045678"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED"
published: "2025-03-13"
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# Legal Services Tender

Buyer: SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-045678

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## Summary

Severn Trent Water Limited has initiated a tender for legal services across multiple lots, with the process currently at the active stage. The tender, titled "Legal Services Tender," falls within the services industry category, specifically focusing on legal services (CPV: 79100000). The procurement method being employed is a negotiated procedure with prior call for competition. The procurement documents must be submitted electronically by 4 June 2024. Severn Trent Water Limited, based in Coventry, UK, oversees the buyers and the value of the tender is estimated at £30,000,000.

This multi-lot procurement offers substantial opportunities for legal firms to expand their business. The lots include Main Panel, Business Services Panel, Insurance and Commercial Litigation Panel, and Corporate Panel. Particularly, firms with expertise in commercial and corporate law, environmental compliance, regulatory advice, and litigation services are encouraged to participate. Successful bidders can leverage this contract to establish long-term relationships with Severn Trent Water Limited and its subsidiaries, potentially unlocking further opportunities within the broader utility sector. Competitors authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority are uniquely positioned to meet the legal needs of this prominent water company.

## Notice

This is a multi-lot tender for legal services. Lot 1. Main Panel Lot 2. Business Services Lot 3. Insurance and Commercial Litigation Lot 4. Corporate legal Services

### Lot Information

Main Panel

The main panel provides the majority of the legal services required by the Utilities, on a non-exclusive basis, including without limitation: Commercial and innovation, competition and procurement law, construction, data protection, environmental, regulatory and health and safety, employment and pensions, real estate including real estate litigation and planning, regulatory prosecutions and defences of environmental regulatory offences, strategic resource options and direct procurement for customers, water industry regulation and licence and small corporate. Non-regulated business within the Severn Trent Plc group may also purchase legal services from Lot 1.

Business Services

This is the non-exclusive appointment of a provider of legal services to the non-regulated businesses, Severn Trent Green Power Ltd and its subsidiaries, and Severn Trent Services and its subsidiaries. Severn Trent Connect and Midlands Land Portfolio Limited may also use this panel. The range of legal services includes Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Construction Contentious and Non Contentious, Environmental Compliance, Small - Mid sized Corporate, Real Estate and Planning, Ofgem Regulatory Advice and FCA Advice, Private Water Regulations/PFI Contract Expertise. These non-regulated businesses are not subject to the Utilities Contract Regulations Act 2016

Insurance & Commercial Litigation Services

This lot is for commercial litigation and insurance legal work, namely the provision of insurance legal advice in relation to employers liability, motor claims, personal injury and third-party recoveries and Schedule 12 of the Water Industry Act. Commercial litigation may also be instructed under Lots 1, 2 and 4.

Corporate Legal Services

This appointment is for the provision of legal services to any member of the Severn Trent plc group of companies under the scope of services for this Lot 4, which may include corporate, company secretariat, tax, treasury, strategic litigation, strategic pensions, competition litigation and competition advice.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009291-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Mar 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 4 Jun 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Feb 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £30,000,000 |
| Lots value | £33,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £30,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED |
| Additional buyers | HAFREN DYFRDWY CYFYNGEDIG |
| Locality | COVENTRY |
| Post town | Coventry |
| Postcode | CV1 2LZ |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL3 North Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL34 Flintshire and Wrexham |
| Local authority | Wrexham |
| Electoral ward | Ponciau |
| Westminster constituency | Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 6 |
| Supplier names | BURGES SALMON; DWF LAW; EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (INTERNATIONAL; GOWLING WLG (UK; HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS; MICHELMORES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 13 Mar 2025 at 15:51 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009291-2025
- 1 May 2024 at 11:17 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014033-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.HDCymru.co.uk
- http://www.stwater.co.uk
- https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/19559801

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