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"publicServiceMissionOrganization": false, "shelteredWorkshop": false } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-COH-11014226", "name": "NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED" }, "tender": { "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-052237", "legalBasis": { "id": "2023/54", "scheme": "UKPGA", "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents" }, "title": "Legal Services Framework", "description": "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). This includes:\n1. Advising on the specific rules applicable to NESO, as well as on the regimes applicable to other sector participants including transmission networks, distribution networks, interconnectors, generators, storage and suppliers as are or may be relevant to NESO's activities. \n2. Advising on matters relating to the interaction of the UK and EU regulatory regimes with the gas and electricity arrangements, including relationships with European institutions such as ENTSO-E and ENTSOG. \n3. Advising on any innovation matters that arise as the gas and electricity markets and regulatory regimes develop. \n4. Advising on all matters relating to the compliance with the UK and EU regulatory regimes for electricity and gas and how they impact on all the activities of NESO in Great Britain, including the impact on contractual arrangements NESO has with third parties. \n5. 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. Advising on the sector specific commercial arrangements relevant to NESO's energy activities, as set out in further detail below.\nMore specific areas within Lot 1 are detailed below - no subcontracting is allowed cross Lot 1 disciplines:\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) \nThe requirements for advice and support set out in this Lot 1 relate to both non-contentious and contentious matters unless expressly stated otherwise. \nLOT 2 - GENERAL SERVICES\nThis lot includes advising NESO on all 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"status": "pending", "date": "2026-01-15T00:00:00Z", "value": { "amountGross": 10700000, "amount": 8900000, "currency": "GBP" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "aboveThreshold": true, "suppliers": [ { "id": "GB-COH-OC318149", "name": "ADDLESHAW GODDARD LLP" }, { "id": "GB-COH-OC307847", "name": "DLA PIPER UK LLP" }, { "id": "GB-COH-OC308658", "name": "TLT LLP" }, { "id": "GB-COH-OC322045", "name": "DENTONS UK AND MIDDLE EAST LLP" } ], "items": [ { "id": "2", "additionalClassifications": [ { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "79100000", "description": "Legal services" } ], "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UK", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" } ], "relatedLot": "2" } ], "standstillPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00" }, "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2026-01-31T00:00:00Z", "endDate": "2029-01-31T23:59:59Z", "maxExtentDate": "2031-01-31T23:59:59Z" }, "hasRenewal": true, "renewal": { "description": "NESO may, by giving the Supplier not less than one months' 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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 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If the Contracting Authority decides not to proceed with Stage 2, the Award Decision would follow the outcome of Stage 1 of the Tender Process.\nThe PSQ evaluation is a pass / fail step of the Tender process, and Bidders must achieve a pass mark on all mandatory pass questions. If Bidders do not pass the PSQ, they will not progress to the next stage of the Tender Process and their ITT response will not be assessed in any form as part of the Tender Process.\nFurther details on the Tender Process are described in the Tender Instructions.\nResponding to this notice:\n•\tBidders wishing to participate in this Tender must respond via email to the advertised NESO email inbox listed in the Tender Notice.\n•\tBidders should include in their email the attachment from the Tender Notice (completed NDA); please include the name and email address of the lead contact, and supporting team members, per Bidder for circulation of SAP Ariba portal details.\n•\tUpon receiving such email, the Contracting Authority will review completed NDAs and following compliance checks, issue Bidders with links to NESO's SAP Ariba portal, granting access to the full suite of Tender Documents." }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "specialRegime": [ "utilities" ], "aboveThreshold": true, "techniques": { "hasFrameworkAgreement": true, "frameworkAgreement": { "maximumParticipants": 10, "method": "withAndWithoutReopeningCompetition", "type": "closed", "description": "Upper capped framework rates.\nServices will be awarded via either direct allocation or competitive award as stated in the Framework Contract.\nEach lot to be evaluated independently and 3-5 suppliers will be awarded per lot." } }, "submissionMethodDetails": "https://www.sap.com/products/spend-management/ariba-login.html", "submissionTerms": { "electronicSubmissionPolicy": "allowed", "languages": [ "en" ] }, "tenderPeriod": { "endDate": "2025-11-06T12:00:00Z" }, "enquiryPeriod": { "endDate": "2025-10-23T23:59:59+01:00" }, "awardPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-01-16T23:59:59Z" }, "lots": [ { "id": "1", "title": "ENERGY REGULATION & FRAMEWORKS", "description": "LOT 1 - 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