PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

UKSAC26_0053 Eutelsat-OneWeb Legal Advice

DSIT · published 9 Oct 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.

Contracts Finder release IDc2b6d290-aa98-464d-8155-aff4b1e1be15-917204
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-6e0c81ab-7fa0-4406-b395-5a842a45d9b8
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-288561
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£250,000
award field
Tender value
Not disclosed
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

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This contract award follows a mini-competition undertaken under the Government Commercial Agency Legal Panel for Government Framework (RM6360), Lot 3. Brief Description of Requirement Provision of specialist external legal advisory services to support the Government's management of its shareholding in Eutelsat Group and its special share rights in Eutelsat OneWeb. The contract will provide expert UK and French corporate, governance and transaction legal advice to support ministerial and official decision-making, board participation, shareholder matters, and any future corporate transactions or strategic developments affecting the Government's investment.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release9 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published5 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published25 Sept 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published5 Oct 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 9 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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