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# Metro Go Legal Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/metro-go-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05dc3b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus: "Metro Go Legal Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £4,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.open-uk.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-executive-t-a-nexus-GB-PPON-PNTB-4383-VMJH)
- **Published Value:** £4,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 February 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £4,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/metro-go-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05dc3b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05dc3b`

## 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/metro-go-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05dc3b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [open-uk.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.open-uk.org%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/metro-go-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05dc3b#participate

## Description
Nexus requires suitably qualified and experienced legal advisors who will be appointed to a seven year contract with an option to extend for up to a further three years to support Nexus on the Metro Go project. This will involve, amongst other associated workstreams, a project to plan, procure, design, construct, commission and safely operate a new signalling system for the Tyne and Wear Metro Network.
The contract value is £4,000,000 excluding VAT

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £4,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 19/04/2026 to 19/04/2033
- **Renewal published:** yes

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

  - Supplier(s): **Addleshaw Goddard LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185004`
  - Value: £4,000,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 05/05/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,000,000
  - Signed Date: 01/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F077952-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-08T09:39:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T13:49:59.746Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05dc3b