TenderlineUK
Procurement Intelligence
Official OCDS
Find a Tender
complete
Official procurement procedure

Provision of Legal Advisers for the Public Ownership Programme

Legal services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: DFT OPERATOR LIMITED: "Provision of Legal Advisers for the Public Ownership Programme". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDFT OPERATOR LIMITEDScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: DFT OPERATOR LIMITED
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for DFT OPERATOR LIMITED. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2.4Bids / Report
69.2% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 33 active published awards; 13 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDFT OPERATOR LIMITED
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published27 Aug 2026, 17:37 BST
Last source update27 Aug 2026, 17:37 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLegal services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06ee11
What is being bought
Legal Adviser support to the Public Ownership Programme, providing advice and guidance on the due diligence and mobilisation activities undertaken by DFTO in transferring Train Operating Companies (TOCs) into public ownership.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Aug 2026, 17:37 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    27 Aug 2026, 17:37 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    27 Aug 2026, 17:37 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Compliant direct award via GCA Framework Legal Panel for Government RM6360 for the provision of legal advice and services.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    27 Aug 2026, 17:37 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 27 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £3,650,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£3,650,000 · signed 27 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

DFT OPERATOR LIMITED

Contracting authority GB-COH-07141122
View buyer profile

  • DFT OPERATOR LIMITED
    buyer

    GB-COH: 07141122
    Waterloo General Office 2nd Floor, London, UKI45, SE18SW
    procurement@dftoperator.co.uk

  • Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
    supplier

    GB-COH: OC304065
    London, UK

  • High Court
    reviewBody

    London
Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No data
No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleCompliant direct award via GCA Framework Legal Panel for Government RM6360 for the provision of legal advice and services