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Criminal Law Advice

Post Office Limited · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 03:58.

Opportunity overview

Criminal law advice to Post Office Limited ('POL') in respect of criminal appeals, disclosure and matters relating to POL's former role as prosecutor, support in relation to the Metropolitan Police investigation and to provide subject matter expert advice to POL's Inquiry Team

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.

Contract value
£7.6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Dec 2025
Including VAT
£9.1m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH OC352134
Location
London, UKI31, EC4A 1BW, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

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
ocds-h6vhtk-05dbed
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Post Office Limited ("POL") is awarding this contract to Peters & Peters LLP ("PP") without competition because it is partially an exempted contract for exempted legal services under Paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 of the Procurement Act 2023 ("PA23") and the remaining non-exempt legal services can only be provided by PP for technical reasons and is, therefore, awarded without competition under Section 41(1) and Paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the PA23.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Post Office Limited
Id
GB-COH-02154540

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02154540

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PRNP-5883-YMLG

Address

Street Address
100 Wood Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC2V 7ER
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI31

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicUndertaking
Description
Public undertaking
Organisation 2
Name
PETERS & PETERS SOLICITORS LLP
Id
GB-COH-OC352134

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
OC352134

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PXVT-2534-QLBM

Address

Street Address
15 Fetter Lane
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC4A 1BW
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI31

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79100000
Description
Legal services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-OC352134
Name
PETERS & PETERS SOLICITORS LLP

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Criminal Law Advice
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
30 Dec 2025, 00:00

Period

Starts
30 Dec 2025, 00:00
Ends
30 Dec 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
9,120,000
Amount
7,600,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
006043-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
23 Jan 2026, 09:53
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI31 · EC2V 7ER · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 006043-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·