Contracts Finder notice
P4105004 Provision of Legal Advisers for Rail Delivery Group (RDG) Transfer Project
Authority: DfTc - Department for Transport
CPV: Legal services (79100000)
Published contract value£7,250,000Exc. VAT
Contract ends 17 May 2027
Awarded to Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Contract starts 18 May 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe call-off contract shall commence on the 18th May 2026 and the expiry date will be 17th May 2027 for a period of twelve (12) months with the option to extend by a further six (6) months subject to internal approval. The total contract value will be up to £7,250,000.00 excluding VAT.
This Direct Award is being offered under RM6360 Legal Panel for Government, Lot 5: Rail Legal Services Framework and the Panel Terms and Conditions shall apply.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- tender_529368/1577131
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- No
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision15 May 2026
- Notice published15 May 2026
- Contract starts18 May 2026
- Contract ends17 May 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- DfTc - Department for TransportContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLPSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-a5246f89-cec7-4eb1-aed4-565e03dd64b6-2026-05-15T13:53:17+01:00
- Published
- 15 May 2026
- Latest update
- 15 May 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-a5246f89-cec7-4eb1-aed4-565e03dd64b6
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-a5246f89-cec7-4eb1-aed4-565e03dd64b6-1