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P4105004 Provision of Legal Advisers for Rail Delivery Group (RDG) Transfer Project

DfTc - Department for Transport · published 15 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 ID56f49ee7-9807-4e76-8626-8b45bd55a73e-897470
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-a5246f89-cec7-4eb1-aed4-565e03dd64b6
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
£7,250,000
award field
Tender value
£7,250,000
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 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.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release15 May 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published1 May 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published17 May 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published17 May 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 15 May 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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