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External Legal Support

H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS · published 19 Jun 2025. 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 ID58ede337-1fa6-48d7-ba03-3043e4a34625-850508
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-5afb3d5f-8db8-4de0-b6f3-80d34967b70e
Buyer identifierGB-GOR-D25
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
£60,000
award field
Tender value
£60,000
tender field
Procurement method
Other - Direct Award
Category
services
CPV
79100000
Legal services
Delivery
England, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Under the new Vaping Products Duty, HMRC are introducing a Vaping Duty Stamp (VDS) Scheme as an additional compliance measure, using a concessions contract. Due to strict time constraints, HMRC need to appoint external legal support to assist with the development of the concession contract for the VDS Scheme.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release19 Jun 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published4 Jun 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published8 Jun 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published4 May 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.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 19 Jun 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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