Official UK procurement notice
Energy Retail Markets Legal Advice and Services
Authority: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of legal services.
CPV: Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Energy Retail Markets Legal Advice and ServicesAwarded
Provision of legal advice in relation to electricity and gas supplier financial difficulties, insolvencies and subsequent government response which may include, but not be limited to: the Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) process, requirements for a Special Administration Regime (SAR) and wider considerations related to supplier failure and market stability
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Feb 2025, 15:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Nov 2025, 13:22 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-074760- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e2dfFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Call-off under CCS framework no opportunity notice required
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
10 Jan 2025 → 18 Nov 2025 · 2 dates- Contract starts10 Jan 2025
- Notice published341 days ago18 Nov 2025, 13:22 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated18 Nov 2025, 13:22 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpe Pritchard LLPEnergy Retail Markets Legal Advice and Services (Primary) | £1,750,000 † | — | Awarded |
| MILLS AND REEVEEnergy Retail Markets Legal Advice and Services (Secondary) | £1,750,000 † | — | Awarded |
| MILLS AND REEVE, Sharpe Pritchard LLPjoint award | £1,750,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Energy Retail Markets Legal Advice and Services (Primary) · Sharpe Pritchard LLP
- Signed
- 10 Jan 2025
- Value
- £1,750,000
- Period
- … – 10 Jan 2026
- Status
- active
Energy Retail Markets Legal Advice and Services (Secondary) · MILLS AND REEVE
- Signed
- 10 Jan 2025
- Value
- £1,750,000
- Period
- … – 10 Jan 2026
- Status
- active
Energy Retail Markets Legal Advice and Services · MILLS AND REEVE, Sharpe Pritchard LLP
- Signed
- 10 Jan 2025
- Value
- £1,750,000
- Period
- 10 Jan 2025 – 10 Jan 2027
- Status
- active
- Change Planned Time Extension Only, Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Planned extension under regulation 72.—(1) Contracts and framework agreements may be modified without a new procurement procedure in accordance with this Part in any of the following cases:— (a)where the modifications, irrespective of their monetary value, have been provided for in the initial procurement documents in clear, precise and unequivocal review clauses, which may include price revision clauses or options, provided that such clauses— (i)state the scope and nature of possible modifications or options as well as the conditions under which they may be used, and (ii)do not provide for modifications or options that would alter the overall nature of the contract or the framework agreement;
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- DESNZ & DSIT Group CommercialContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroReview body
- Department of Energy Security and Net ZeroReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Mills & Reeve LLPAwarded supplier
- Sharpe Pritchard LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.