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title: "HSF Engagement Letter for Provision of Legal Services In Relation to the Remediation Unit"
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# HSF Engagement Letter for Provision of Legal Services In Relation to the Remediation Unit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hsf-engagement-letter-for-provision-of-legal-services-in-relation-to-the-remediation-unit-ocds-h6vhtk-04fb10). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Post Office Limited: "HSF Engagement Letter for Provision of Legal Services In Relation to the Remediation Unit". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Post Office Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/post-office-limited-gov-pc1386)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £15,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04fb10`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/hsf-engagement-letter-for-provision-of-legal-services-in-relation-to-the-remediation-unit-ocds-h6vhtk-04fb10#tl-md)

## Description
Manage claims in relations to the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (formerly the 
Historical Shortfall Scheme) ("HSS"), and various related ongoing workstreams ("Small Projects") (together, 
referred to for ease as, the "Remediation Workstreams"), as well as Post Office's separate requests for HSF 
to provide Post Office with certain documents and information in connection with the work carried out on the 
Remediation Workstreams (collectively referred to as the "POL Remediation Document and 
Information Requests").

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** This service is for the provision of legal service in relation HSS. 
This service is a transitional service to facilitate handover to a new service provider and provide services on complex matters during the transition period. The service will also c...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 012153-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Herbert Smith Freehills LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-161909`
  - Value: £15,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 012153-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £15,000,000
  - Signed Date: 03/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012153-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-01T09:05:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T15:12:48.998Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04fb10