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Project SKYLARK Legal Advice
Authority: DSIT
What is being bought
Published requirement description***** 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.
Published procurement details
- Framework cited in notice
- Legal Panel for Government · RM6360
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- tender_556399/1623442
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision29 Oct 2026
- Notice published29 Oct 2026
- Contract starts2 Nov 2026
- Contract ends31 Dec 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- DSITContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- HOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER INTERNATIONAL LLPSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-6b664988-95aa-464e-8499-e3adf899c7e1-2026-10-29T09:53:55Z
- Published
- 29 Oct 2026
- Latest update
- 29 Oct 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-6b664988-95aa-464e-8499-e3adf899c7e1
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-6b664988-95aa-464e-8499-e3adf899c7e1-1