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NESO will be looking for thought leaders in legal services to partner with the NESO Legal team in providing first class, pragmatic legal advice, supporting but also enabling NESO to meet its objectives." }, { "releaseID": "061198-2025", "releaseDate": "2025-10-01T10:43:08+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "tender" ], "value": "NESO is looking to procure a broad range of Legal Services, including energy and regulatory law by a multi-lot framework agreement for Legal Services (in accordance with the Act) with an initial term of 3 years (+1+1 possible extension).\nNESO is looking to set up a 2-lot Legal Services framework agreement following the Competitive Flexible Procedure:\n•\tLot 1 - Energy Regulation and frameworks - specialist Legal Services \n•\tLot 2 - General Legal Services\nAn overview of the disciplines required is covered in Table 1 below.\nLOT 1 - ENERGY REGULATION & FRAMEWORKS \n1 Electricity/ gas codes \n2 Electricity connections \n3 Balancing services (electricity) \n4 Electricity interconnectors \n5 Electricity Market Reform \n6 Network competition \n7 Gas markets \n8 Developing/adapting to new energy legal frameworks \n9 Licence change, investigations and other regulatory issues \n10 Public Investigation and inquiry processes \n11 Planning and major infrastructure projects \n12 Information management (energy) \n13 Public Law (energy) \n14 Competition law and dawn raids (energy) \n15 Litigation (energy) \nLOT 2 - GENERAL SERVICES \n1 General commercial and transactions \n2 Public procurement \n3 Technology expertise (including Cyber Security, AI, ICT & IoT) \n4 Innovation \n5 Commercial property/ construction \n6 Corporate \n7 Finance \n8 Intellectual Property (including trademark and patent services) \n9 Health, safety and environmental \n10 Employment \n11 Pensions\n12 Insurance (including insurance claims)\n13 Information Management (non-energy)\n14 Public Law (non-energy)\n15 Competition law & dawn raids (non-energy)\n16 Litigation (non-energy)" }, { "releaseID": "003658-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-01-15T19:04:50Z", "releaseTag": [ "award", "contract" ], "value": "National Energy System Operator (NESO) is awarding a framework agreement under competitive flexible procedure across a full range of legal services to support NESO's requirements and activities. \nSuppliers will partner with the internal NESO Legal team to provide high quality advice and support NESO to meet its objectives.\nThe framework agreement is split into 2 Lots and amounts to £30.5m (including VAT): \nLOT 1 - Energy Regulation & Frameworks\nAdvising on all aspects of the United Kingdom (UK) and, where relevant, European Union (EU) regulatory regimes and frameworks for gas and electricity, including sector-specific European legislation and rules (where relevant) and Great Britain (GB) primary and secondary legislation that impacts on or are relevant to the business activities of NESO (licensed and unlicensed). 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Advising on the specific legal framework applicable to NESO as the designated independent system operator and planner under the Energy Act 2023 including: \n5.1 Advising on the application of NESO's general statutory duties to its activities, including its duty to have regard to the Strategy and Policy Statement. \n5.2 Advising NESO on the use of its power to request information. \n5.3 Advising on NESO's independence requirements and requirements relating to conflict of interest. \n6. 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