Published date: 12 February 2025
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Legal services - 79100000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£1,750,000
Procurement reference
tender_469927/1451115
Published date
12 February 2025
Closing date
22 November 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
10 January 2025
Contract end date
10 January 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?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Provision of legal advice in relation to electricity and gas supplier financial difficulties, insolvencies and subsequent government response which may include, but not be limited to: the Supplier of Last Resort
(SoLR) process, requirements for a Special Administration Regime (SAR) and wider considerations related to supplier failure and
market stability. In the case of a SAR, this would need to be established very quickly, and short notice legal work would be required
ahead of the actual initiation of a SAR. Any delay accessing legal support under such circumstances risks a disorderly exit from the
market, risking the continued supply of energy to customers, and having wider repercussions on retail and wholesale markets.
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Award information
Awarded date
30 December 2024
Contract start date
10 January 2025
Contract end date
10 January 2026
Total value of contract
£1,750,000
This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.
Sharpe Pritchard LLP
Address
Elm Yard, 10-16 Elm Street, London, WC1X 0BJ
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Mills & Reeve LLP
Address
24 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AT
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Mercedes Ekanem
Address
Department of Energy Security & Net Zero ,3-8 Whitehall Place,
London
SW1A 2EG
England
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