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Lower Thames Crossing - Legal Advisers Phase 2

National Highways Limited · compiled

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Opportunity overview

Legal advice is required to support National Highways and the Department of Transport in all tasks relating to the delivery of the Lower Thames Crossing Project to the private sector under the Private Regulated Entity Model.

Awarded to

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Ashurst LLP

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Contract value
£1.4m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
25 Nov 2025
Award ID
085093-2025-1
Status
active
Location
London, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV79111000 — Legal advisory services
  • CPV79100000 — Legal services

Lots

  • Legal advice is required to support National Highways and the Department of Transport in all tasks relating to Phase 2 to transfer the delivery of the Project to the private sector under the Private Regulated Entity Model. The main phases are expected to be as follows (model may be subject to alteration as detailed design progresses): a) The setting up of a company (LTC Co), into which contracts, people and assets relevant to the construction, operation and maintenance of LTC and the Dartford Crossing will be transferred; b) Establishing new legislation to enact the required model, including expanding the functions of an existing regulator or creating an Economic Roads Regulator, setting out its powers and duties and establishing the ability of LTC Co to impose and collect user charges for the use of infrastructure; and c)The sale of LTC Co resulting in the creation of a privately owned Regulated Company (Reg Co).Value not stated

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-05fad1
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
This contract has been procured via a mini-competition process via use of the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Framework - RM6179 Legal Services Panel - Lot 2.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
79111000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Legal advisory services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
Legal advice is required to support National Highways and the Department of Transport in all tasks relating to Phase 2 to transfer the delivery of the Project to the private sector under the Private Regulated Entity Model. The main phases are expected to be as follows (model may be subject to alteration as detailed design progresses): a) The setting up of a company (LTC Co), into which contracts, people and assets relevant to the construction, operation and maintenance of LTC and the Dartford Crossing will be transferred; b) Establishing new legislation to enact the required model, including expanding the functions of an existing regulator or creating an Economic Roads Regulator, setting out its powers and duties and establishing the ability of LTC Co to impose and collect user charges for the use of infrastructure; and c)The sale of LTC Co resulting in the creation of a privately owned Regulated Company (Reg Co).

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
80%
Criterion 2
Name
Commercial
Type
cost
Description
20%

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Legal services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-169809
Name
National Highways Limited

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B4 6GA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Three Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
NATIONAL_AGENCY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
National or federal agency/office
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
National Highways Limited

Contact

Telephone
+44 03001235000
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-169810
Name
Ashurst LLP

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Ashurst LLP
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-169811
Name
High Court of Justice England

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
High Court of Justice England

Award information

Award 1
Id
085093-2025-1
Title
Lower Thames Crossing - Legal Advisors Phase 2
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-169810
Name
Ashurst LLP

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
085093-2025-1
Title
Lower Thames Crossing - Legal Advisors Phase 2
Status
active
Award ID
085093-2025-1
Date Signed
25 Nov 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
1,350,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UK · B4 6GA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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