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T115 - Legal Services

Buyer: NI Water →

BuyerNI Water
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published17 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Provision of Legal Services to Northern Ireland Water Lot 1 - The provision of strategic advice on frequently highly complex issues across: Regulation & Compliance, Procurement, PPP, Pensions, Environmental and Health & Safety, Corporate & Commercial, Employment and Litigation. Lot 2 - The provision of advice across Litigation, Employment, Corporate & Commercial, Environmental and Health & Safety, Property & Planning and Procurement, Regulation & Compliance, Pensions and PPP. Lot 3 - The provision of advice in relation to Public Liability Claims (inc Environmental), Employer's Liability Claims, Debt Recovery, Uninsured Loss Recovery, Defence & Prosecution of Criminal Offences, Health & Safety and Lands Tribunal. The Contract Value range for all 3 lots is £8m - £14m over 2+2+2+2 years

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Lot 2

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Lot 3

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

T115 - Legal Services Lot 1

Statusactive
Value£7,000,000

T115 - Legal Services Lot 2

Statusactive
Value£4,000,000

T115 - Legal Services Lot 3

Statusactive
Value£3,000,000

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-050546
Latest release ID014475-2026
Latest release timestampTue Feb 17 2026 16:00:28 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source3
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release3
Contracts in latest release3
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
17 Feb 2026award, contract014475-2026
5 Feb 2026award, contract010583-2026
20 Aug 2025tender050159-2025
30 May 2025planning028645-2025
18 Apr 2025planning016090-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (5 releases)
17 Feb 2026 · 014475-2026 · award, contract
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5 Feb 2026 · 010583-2026 · award, contract
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20 Aug 2025 · 050159-2025 · tender
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30 May 2025 · 028645-2025 · planning
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18 Apr 2025 · 016090-2025 · planning
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