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title: "2026-089 - Legal Support for Alignment with Internal Energy Market"
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# 2026-089 - Legal Support for Alignment with Internal Energy Market

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2026-089-legal-support-for-alignment-with-internal-energy-market-ocds-h6vhtk-07b353). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** As part of the UK's move towards closer integration with the Internal Energy Market (IEM), there is a need to assess the extent to which existing and emerging EU energy law requirements are compatible with the current and anticipated regulatory framework governing the Great Britain energy sector. External legal support is required to undertake a detailed comparative legal analysis of EU and GB energy regulatory frameworks, identifying areas of alignment, divergence and potential barriers to implementation or future policy development.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ofgem](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ofgem-gov-d108)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £100,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2026-089-legal-support-for-alignment-with-internal-energy-market-ocds-h6vhtk-07b353#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07b353`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2026-089-legal-support-for-alignment-with-internal-energy-market-ocds-h6vhtk-07b353#tl-md)

## Description
As part of the UK's move towards closer integration with the Internal Energy Market (IEM), there is a need to assess the extent to which existing and emerging EU energy law requirements are compatible with the current and anticipated regulatory framework governing the Great Britain energy sector.
External legal support is required to undertake a detailed comparative legal analysis of EU and GB energy regulatory frameworks, identifying areas of alignment, divergence and potential barriers to implementation or future policy development. This will include consideration of both current legislative and regulatory requirements as well as anticipated future reforms in the EU and GB markets.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Dentons UK and Middle East LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175820`
  - Value: £100,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 2026-089 - Legal Support for Alignment with Internal Energy Market (active)
  - Signed Value: £100,000
  - Signed Date: 30/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F104874-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-04T16:38:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-05T05:22:09.470Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07b353