Contract award · 28 Nov 2025

Legal Advisory Services for Lower Thames Crossing

National Highways awarded “Legal Advisory Services for Lower Thames Crossing” to TLT LLP for £6m on 28 Nov 2025. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionBusiness servicesWest Midlands

Value £6m
WinnerTLT LLP SME

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
National Highways · Body governed by public law
Supplier
TLT LLP SME
Value
£6,000,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Business services · Legal advisory services (CPV 79111000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date28 Nov 2025
  2. Published5 Dec 2025Published 7 days after the contract date

Description

LTC is seeking a legal advisor to support National Highways as it moves forward to the next stages of the development of funding options for the Project. The scope is to cover two areas: 1. Part 1 of the scope is for advice, support and contract development in relation to the impacts of the proposed private financing model being pursued for the delivery of the Project on the M25 DBFO contract 2. Part 2 of the scope is for advice and support relating to the Development Consent Order

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