Official UK procurement notice
Lead Legal Services Provider for Project Echo
Authority: NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe National Energy System Operator ("NESO") is running a mini-competition under the NESO Legal Framework Agreement to appoint a Lead Legal Services Provider to support Project Echo.
There is a range of legal expertise required for Project Echo including property law, planning law, commercial law, contract law, procurement law, and construction law which all fall into Lot 2 of the Legal Services Framework Agreement.
The anticipated Charges under this call-off shall be no more than two million two hundred thousand pounds sterling (£2,200,000 exclusive of VAT), equivalent to two million six hundred and forty thousand pounds sterling (£2,640,000 inclusive of VAT).
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Jul 2026, 16:34 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 12:30 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072681- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d3afFind a Tender
- Call-off under framework Legal Services Framework
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jul 2026- Contract award notice published24 Jul 2026, 16:34 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published31 Jul 2026, 12:30 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TLT LLP27 Jul 2026 – 30 Jan 2029 · up to 30 Jan 2031Extensions: Where the actual Charges incurred by the Customer under this Order Form have not reached the Maximum Order Value the Customer and Supplier may, provided the Framework Agreement remains in force, agree an extension in writing to this Order Form. · Options: Any variations to the call-off are in line with the NESO Legal Services Framework T&Cs. | £2,200,000 | 21 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · TLT LLP
- Signed
- 27 Jul 2026
- Value
- £2,200,000
- Period
- 27 Jul 2026 – 30 Jan 2029 · up to 30 Jan 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Where the actual Charges incurred by the Customer under this Order Form have not reached the Maximum Order Value the Customer and Supplier may, provided the Framework Agreement remains in force, agree an extension in writing to this Order Form.
- Options
- Any variations to the call-off are in line with the NESO Legal Services Framework T&Cs.
No agreed KPIs: The estimated value of the contract is below the threshold at which KPIs are mandatory under Section 52 of the Procurement Act 2023. Formal KPI reporting requirements have therefore not been applied to this contract.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- TLT LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender