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Independent legal advisory services for Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) Programme and Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) related matters.

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

DESNZ · published 4 Nov 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 ID98cdd649-a072-4e2f-9886-78ad21503139-920554
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-47b0c4be-bc26-4d9a-9aca-e3c6471a33ee
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-311387
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
£18,000,000
award field
Tender value
£18,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Other - Framework mini-competition
Category
services
CPV
79100000
Legal services
Delivery
British Oversea Territories
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) requires independent legal advisory services to support the delivery of its Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) and Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) programmes. The services include legal and commercial advice supporting the development, negotiation and implementation of CCUS and GGR business models and contractual arrangements; regulatory and licensing matters; network and infrastructure arrangements; programme assurance; and wider legal advice associated with the development and delivery of CCUS and GGR projects. Services will be commissioned through individual work packages during the contract period according to departmental requirements.

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.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release4 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published17 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published27 Mar 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published17 Oct 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published17 Oct 2028
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

Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 4 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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