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P4105015 Provision of Legal Advisers for High Speed Two Phase 1 Rolling Stock

DfTc - Department for Transport · published 19 May 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release ID23d44da3-544c-4b81-a14e-f25613ad7493-898130
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-e677d2ea-2a43-4d9e-8744-f4b3e64a173a
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-163473
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£100,000
award field
Tender value
£100,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
79100000
Legal services
Delivery
British Oversea Territories
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The call-off contract shall commence on the 13th May 2026 and the expiry date will be 12th August 2026 for a period of Three (3) months. The total contract value will be up to £100,000.00 excluding VAT. This Direct Award is being offered under Panel RM6360 Legal Panel for Government Lot 5: Rail Legal Services and the Panel Terms and Conditions shall apply.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release19 May 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published1 May 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published12 May 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published12 Aug 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 19 May 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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