Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Post Office · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP SME
- Value
- £15,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 012153-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Mar 2025
- Published1 Apr 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
This service is for the provision of legal service in relation HSS. This service is a transitional service to facilitate handover to a new service provider and provide services on complex matters during the transition period. The service will also cover the provision on document and advice on historical matters as they arise. This services was procured under the Light Touch Regime.
About the supplier
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC310989).