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Lead Legal Services Provider for Project Echo

NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 11:12.

Opportunity overview

The National Energy System Operator ("NESO") is running a mini-competition under the NESO Legal Framework Agreement to appoint a Lead Legal Services Provider to support Project Echo. There is a range of legal expertise required for Project Echo including property law, planning law, commercial law, contract law, procurement law, and construction law which all fall into Lot 2 of the Legal Services Framework Agreement. The anticipated Charges under this call-off shall be no more than two million two hundred thousand pounds sterling (£2,200,000 exclusive of VAT), equivalent to two million six hundred and forty thousand pounds sterling (£2,640,000 inclusive of VAT).

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.

TLT LLP

Matched by number
Contract value
£2.2m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
26 Jul 2026
Including VAT
£2.6m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH OC308658
Location
Bristol, UKK11, BS1 6TP, 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-06d3af
Status
complete
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Award under framework
Competitive
Yes

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

utilities

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
NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-11014226

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
11014226

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHQL-5234-MWWV

Address

Street Address
St Catherine's Lodge Bearwood Road
Locality
Wokingham
Postal Code
RG41 5BN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ11

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicUndertaking
Description
Public undertaking
Organisation 2
Name
TLT LLP
Id
GB-COH-OC308658

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
OC308658

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHZR-1968-PDCV

Address

Street Address
One Redcliff Street
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS1 6TP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK11

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-OC308658
Name
TLT LLP

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
27 Jul 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
The estimated value of the contract is below the threshold at which KPIs are mandatory under Section 52 of the Procurement Act 2023. Formal KPI reporting requirements have therefore not been applied to this contract.

Period

Starts
27 Jul 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Jan 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
30 Jan 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Where the actual Charges incurred by the Customer under this Order Form have not reached the Maximum Order Value the Customer and Supplier may, provided the Framework Agreement remains in force, agree an extension in writing to this Order Form.

Options

Description
Any variations to the call-off are in line with the NESO Legal Services Framework T&Cs.

Value

Including VAT
2,640,000
Amount
2,200,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
072681-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
31 Jul 2026, 12:30
Format
text/html

Related procurements

Entry 1
Id
framework
Scheme
ocid
Identifier
ocds-h6vhtk-052237

Relationship

framework

Related lots

2

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Wokingham · UKJ11 · RG41 5BN · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 070477-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 072681-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·