Provision of Legal services in support of Decommissioning Relief Deeds

Official notice

Authority: Crown Commercial Service

Call-off from a framework agreement

CPV: Legal services (79100000)

Published contract value£253,500Exc. VAT

Contract ends 30 Nov 2026

Awarded to DENTONS UK AND MIDDLE EAST LLP

Contract starts 13 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As soon as a Decommissioning Relief Deed (DRD) claim is received, HMT urgently needs to commission legal advice to start assessing whether the claim is valid. Treasury Legal advisors, HMRC and the HMT policy team agree this advice cannot be sourced intern

Published procurement details

Procedure: Call-off from a framework agreement
Buyer reference: CCLL25A02.
Category: Services
Tender status: Complete
Award status: Active
Suitable for SMEs: No
Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises: No
Published tender value: £253,500.00
Tender deadline: 16 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
Procurement method: Selective
Item 1: Delivery locations as published: North East, United Kingdom; North West, United Kingdom; East Midlands, United Kingdom; East of England, United Kingdom; London, United Kingdom; South East, United Kingdom; South West, United Kingdom; Scotland, United Kingdom; Wales, United Kingdom; Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; Isle of Man; Guernsey; Jersey

Key dates

Published dates

Contract starts
13 Aug 2025
Award decision
19 Sept 2025
Notice published
8 Oct 2025
Contract ends
30 Nov 2026

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Crown Commercial ServiceContracting authority Floor 9, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9PP, EnglandContact name, email, phone
Identifier
supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/6sQD8uds · GB-SRS
URL
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/crown-commercial-service

Suppliers named on the notice

DENTONS UK AND MIDDLE EAST LLPSupplier One, Fleet Place EC4M 7WS London United Kingdom
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
Large

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

contractSigned awardSigned contractDOCX
contractSchedule awardContract ScheduleZIP

Notices published for this procedure

Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder awardAward noticeen8 Oct 2025, 12:58 BST

Source record

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice language: en
Release reference: ocds-b5fd17-f90e6f39-7286-46fd-a015-5452b9b24d24-2025-10-08T12:58:16+01:00
Published: 8 Oct 2025
Latest update: 8 Oct 2025
Procedure reference: ocds-b5fd17-f90e6f39-7286-46fd-a015-5452b9b24d24
Contract reference: ocds-b5fd17-f90e6f39-7286-46fd-a015-5452b9b24d24-1