Official UK procurement notice
2025/26 - Legal advice to trustees
Authority: Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Trustee are required to formally appoint a legal advisor under pension legislation and can only rely on advice from 'a pension act appointed lawyer'. Sacker and Partners were chosen by the Trustee. The Trustee review this appointment every three years.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2025, 09:49 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Apr 2026, 10:48 BST
- Authority reference
C24410- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035957- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051ca7Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
The supplier has been the chosen ‘pension act appointed lawyer’ by the Trustee for several years, they have a solid knowledge of the ESPS scheme and its rules. They have partners at different levels and depending on the advice required, a suitable partner is appointed for the particular project and because of their knowledge of the scheme this direct award gives excellent value for money.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 Jun 2025 → 21 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends3 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published190 days ago21 Apr 2026, 10:48 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025- Transparency notice published22 May 2025, 09:49 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published22 May 2025, 10:47 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published5 Jun 2025, 10:20 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected13 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract termination notice published21 Apr 2026, 10:48 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 22 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacker & Partners LLPPensions Legal Advice to the Trustee16 Jun 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 | £215,000same award published again · counted once | 21 May 2025standstill to 3 Jun 2025 | Standstill |
| Sacker & Partners LLP | £215,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
2024/25 - Legal advise to trustees · Sacker & Partners LLP
- Signed
- 5 Jun 2025
- Value
- £215,000
- Period
- 9 Jun 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £144,373
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Sacker & Partners LLPAwarded supplier
- Sacker & Partners LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender