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Planning and Major Permissions, Environmental and Public Law Services

Nuclear Waste Services Limited · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 18:56.

Opportunity overview

The 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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Herbert Smith Freehills

Match processing…
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
21 Sept 2025
Award ID
059571-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
OC310989
Location
London, UK, EC2A 2EG, United Kingdom

Burges Salmon LLP

Matched by exact name
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
21 Sept 2025
Award ID
059571-2025-2
Status
active
Identifier
OC307212
Location
Bristol, UK, BS2 0ZX, United Kingdom

Pinsent masons

Match pending…
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
21 Sept 2025
Award ID
059571-2025-3
Status
active
Identifier
OC333653
Location
Glasgow, UK, G2 7EQ, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV79100000 — Legal services

Lots

  • The 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.£44m

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C13904
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Cross Border Law
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 39.
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date
31 Mar 2026, 12:00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Framework Agreement

Period Rationale
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.
Maximum Participants
3

Expected award period

Starts
31 Mar 2026, 12:00

Tender Period

Ends
12 Sept 2024, 12:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
2 Sept 2024, 00:00

Contract terms

Performance Terms
As per ITT documents

Classification

Id
79100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Legal services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Bid Validity Period

Duration In Days
540

Submission Method

written

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
Yes
Has Renewal
No
Description
The 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.

Value

Amount
44,000,000
Currency
GBP

Options

Description
1+1+1

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality & Social Value
Type
quality
Description
90
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
10

Contract period

Ends
30 Apr 2035, 23:59
Starts
1 May 2025, 00:00

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Pelham House Pelham Drive, Calderbridge, Seascale, England, CA20 1DB

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Entry 2
Region
UK
Entry 3
Region
UK
Entry 4
Region
UK

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria
Entry 2
Id
technical
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-68291
Name
Radioactive Waste Management Limited

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Didcot
Postal Code
OX11 0GD
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Building 329, West, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Thomson Ave,

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Part of NDA

Identifier

Legal Name
Radioactive Waste Management Limited

Contact

Name
James Hicks
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-110836
Name
Nuclear Waste Services Limited

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD1
Locality
Calderbridge, Seascale
Postal Code
CA20 1DB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Pelham House, Pelham Drive,

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Nuclear Waste Services

Identifier

Id
05608448
Legal Name
Nuclear Waste Services Limited

Contact

Name
James Hicks
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-118886
Name
Nuclear Restoration Services Limited

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Warrington
Postal Code
WA3 6GR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Hinton House Birchwood Park Avenue, Risley

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Nuclear Restoration Services Limited

Contact

Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-118887
Name
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Cumbria
Postal Code
CA24 3HU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Herdus House Westlakes Science & Technology Park Moor Row

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Contact

Organisation 5
Id
GB-FTS-118888
Name
Sellafield Ltd

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Cumbria
Postal Code
CA20 1PG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Sellafield

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Sellafield Ltd

Contact

Organisation 6
Id
GB-FTS-118889
Name
International Nuclear Services Limited

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Warrington
Postal Code
WA3 6GR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Hinton House Birchwood Park Avenue, Risley,

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
International Nuclear Services Limited

Contact

Organisation 7
Id
GB-FTS-118890
Name
Direct Rail Services Limited

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Carlisle.
Postal Code
CA3 9NZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Kingmoor Depot. Etterby Road.

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Direct Rail Services Limited

Contact

Organisation 8
Id
GB-FTS-110837
Name
Nuclear Waste Services Limited

Roles

reviewBody
reviewContactPoint

Address

Locality
Calderbridge, Seascale
Postal Code
CA20 1DB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Pelham House, Pelham Drive,

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Nuclear Waste Services Limited
Organisation 9
Id
GB-FTS-161909
Name
Herbert Smith Freehills

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC2A 2EG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Exchange House, Exchange Square, primrose Street

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
OC310989
Legal Name
Herbert Smith Freehills
Organisation 10
Id
GB-FTS-161910
Name
Burges Salmon LLP

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS2 0ZX
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Burges Salmon LLP One Glass Wharf Bristol

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
OC307212
Legal Name
Burges Salmon LLP
Organisation 11
Id
GB-FTS-161911
Name
Pinsent masons

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Glasgow 
Postal Code
G2 7EQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
141 Bothwell st

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
OC333653
Legal Name
Pinsent masons
Organisation 12
Id
GB-FTS-6953
Name
Royal Courts Of Justice

Roles

reviewBody
mediationBody

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
WC2A 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Strand

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Royal Courts Of Justice

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
059571-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-161909
Name
Herbert Smith Freehills

Related lots

1
Award 2
Id
059571-2025-2
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-161910
Name
Burges Salmon LLP

Related lots

1
Award 3
Id
059571-2025-3
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-161911
Name
Pinsent masons

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
059571-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
059571-2025-1
Date Signed
22 Sept 2025, 00:00
Entry 2
Id
059571-2025-2
Status
active
Award ID
059571-2025-2
Date Signed
22 Sept 2025, 00:00
Entry 3
Id
059571-2025-3
Status
active
Award ID
059571-2025-3
Date Signed
22 Sept 2025, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Calderbridge, Seascale · UKD1 · CA20 1DB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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