Published date: 1 December 2025

Last edited date: 9 February 2026

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 November 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£3,550,000

Procurement reference

tender_511648/1530588

Published date

1 December 2025

Closing date

1 November 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

24 November 2025

Contract end date

23 August 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Direct Award for the Provision of Legal Advisers for DfT's Public Ownership Programme and therefore we would like to award the contract to you.

The call-off contract shall commence on the 24th November 2025 and the expiry date will be 23rd August 2026 for a period of nine months including an option to extend by three months to 9th November 2026 (subject to internal approval via the DfT governance process) .The total contract value will be up to £3,500.000.00 excluding VAT.

This direct award supersedes the existing call-off contract (Ref: P4104001) for Legal Advisers - OLR Holdings, which is due to expire on 30 June 2026.

The contract value has been extended by £50,000 excluding VAT, and the total contract value shall be amended to £3,550,000 excluding VAT.

This extension has only been provided to allow for outstanding 0% VAT invoice payments to processed for disbursements.

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Award information

Awarded date

6 February 2026

Contract start date

24 November 2025

Contract end date

23 August 2026

Total value of contract

£3,550,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Address

One Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 4DR
England

Email

dftprocurement@dft.gov.uk