Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Supplier
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Aug 2026
- Published16 Sep 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
The call-off contract shall commence on 28th March 2025 and the expiry date will be 27th March 2027, for a period of two years. This includes an extended period of eight months, bringing the final expiry date to 27th November 2027. The total contract value shall be £8,000,000 excluding VAT, including an option to increase the contract value by up to 50%, subject internal approval via DfT's governance process. This procurement activity was a mini competition under the Crown Commercial Services RM6204 Rail Legal Services Panel and the Commercial Agreement Terms and Conditions shall apply.
About the supplier
Herbert Smith Freehills: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC310989).