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# Provision of Legal Advisory Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-legal-advisory-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0332b4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Xlinks: "Provision of Legal Advisory Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £6,700,000. 6 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 12 May 2022, 18:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Xlinks](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/xlinks-GB-FTS-52175)
- **Published Value:** £6,700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 May 2022 at 18:00 BST
- **Lots:** 6
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Legal advisory services, Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** ES, FR, PT, UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0332b4`

## 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/provision-of-legal-advisory-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0332b4#tl-md)

## Description
Provision of legal services covering various aspects of the Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project (Project), including advice on project structure and project and financing documents, legal requirements along the cable route, property, permitting and environmental matters and regulatory and corporate governance matters. The contracts will cover the period until achievement of financial close and completion of post close administration and conditions subsequent.  For further details on the Project see: https://xlinks.co

## Lots (6)
### Lot 1: Legal advisory services.
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79111000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £4,000,000
- **Description:** Providing advice to Xlinks on all English law, Moroccan law and EU law aspects of the Project as requested by Xlinks for the period to financial close and post-close completion and administration, excluding anything forming part of any other Lot. Lot...

### Lot 2: Portuguese Law Adviser
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79111000
- **Delivery regions:** PT

- **Estimated Value:** £350,000
- **Description:** Provision of Portuguese law advice in relation to the cable route through Portuguese waters and all matters arising therefrom for the period to financial close and post-close completion and administration, including all permitting, planning, environm...

### Lot 3: Spanish Law Adviser
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79111000
- **Delivery regions:** ES

- **Estimated Value:** £350,000
- **Description:** Provision of Spanish law advice in relation to the cable route through Spanish waters and all matters arising therefrom for the period to financial close and post-close completion and administration, including all permitting, planning, environmental ...

### Lot 4: French Law Adviser
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79111000
- **Delivery regions:** FR

- **Estimated Value:** £350,000
- **Description:** Provision of French law advice in relation to the cable route through French waters and all matters arising therefrom for the period to financial close and post-close completion and administration, including all permitting, planning, environmental an...

### Lot 5: Planning, Permitting and Environmental Legal Adviser (PPE)
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79111000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £900,000
- **Description:** Provision of English law advice in relation to land acquisition (including CPO powers if applicable), planning, permitting and environmental compliance in the UK (onshore and offshore), including crossing, compromise and similar agreements with affec...

### Lot 6: Procurement, Governance and Regulatory (PGR) Adviser
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79111000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £750,000
- **Description:** Provision of English law advice in relation to procurement, corporate governance and regulatory matters for Xlinks and its UK subsidiaries for the period to financial close and post-close completion and administration, including advice on compliance ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011287-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-02T11:05:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T09:02:22.806Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0332b4