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Project SKYLARK Legal Advice

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

DSIT · published 29 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.

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Contracts Finder release IDf903edf3-44de-4dc4-94da-e47124376208-919607
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-6b664988-95aa-464e-8499-e3adf899c7e1
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-288561
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
£15,000
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 procurement has been concluded as a direct award under Lot 3 of the Government Commercial Agency RM6360 Legal Panel for Government framework. Brief Description of Requirement The requirement is for the provision of specialist external legal advice in support of Project SKYLARK. The framework route was used to access specialist legal expertise not available internally. Suppliers were shortlisted in accordance with the framework process based on the required expertise and checked for conflicts of interest, resulting in one suitable supplier being available for award. This contract includes an optional extension of £200,000 for activity in 2027, which can be activated at the Contracting Authority's discretion.

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 release29 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published2 Nov 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published26 Oct 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published2 Nov 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Dec 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

HOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER INTERNATIONAL LLP

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 29 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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