Official UK procurement notice
Planning and Major Permissions, Environmental and Public Law Services
Authority: Nuclear Waste Services Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 7 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of legal advice on the following areas of law; Planning, Major Permissions, Environmental, Land and Public Law. Community Engagement, Site Evaluation, and Consenting of the GDF.
CPV: Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 8 bids received (2.7 per place) · 3 appointed (full)
- Framework period
10 yrs from 1 May 2025, The infrastructure programmes, and the GDF programme in particular, will have a number of time critical, long duration activities that exceed four years. Changing Suppliers mid-way through any of these activities as a consequence of a re-procurement exercise is highly undesirable as it is likely to result in:Inconsistent, and possibly conflicting, legal advice with insufficient time to resolve.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£44,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality & Social Value: 90%
- price: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality & Social Value: 90
- Price: 10
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Planning and Major Permissions, Environmental and Public Law Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Aug 2023, 14:22 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2025, 11:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 31 Mar 2026 – …
- Authority reference
C13904- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059571- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f7abFind a Tender
- Performance terms
As per ITT documents
Publisher note: Previous Posting - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032003-2022
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://one-nda.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 12 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 540 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 31 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
2 Sept 2024 → 31 Mar 2026 · 5 dates- Next notice expected2 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown12 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published394 days ago25 Sept 2025, 11:06 BST
- Bids opened207 days ago31 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jul 2024- Published value updated to £44,000,00018 Jul 2024, 14:22 BSTwas £29,487,700
- Status changed to active18 Jul 2024, 14:22 BST
- Procurement method changed18 Jul 2024, 14:22 BST
- Deadline published: 12 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST18 Jul 2024, 14:22 BST
- Buyer details updated18 Jul 2024, 14:22 BST
- Status changed to complete25 Sept 2025, 11:06 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 059571-2025-1
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 30 Apr 2035
- Status
- active
Contract 059571-2025-2
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 30 Apr 2035
- Status
- active
Contract 059571-2025-3
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 30 Apr 2035
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8bids · 8 electronic | — | — | £1 – £44,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
7 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Direct Rail Services LimitedContracting authority
- International Nuclear Services LimitedContracting authority
- Nuclear Decommissioning AuthorityContracting authority
- Nuclear Restoration Services LimitedContracting authority
- Radioactive Waste Management LimitedContracting authorityBody governed by public lawPart of NDA
- Sellafield LtdContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts Of JusticeMediation bodyReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Burges Salmon LLPFramework contractor
- Herbert Smith FreehillsFramework contractor
- Pinsent masonsFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria