Provision of Legal Services
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£215.0m
Suppliers
12
Lots
5
Published
05 Jan 2026
Description
Network Rail is procuring the supply of a full range of legal services to support the delivery of its objectives for the period from 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2031 (with optional extensions upto 31st March 2033). The Framework will be let through the following structure: Core Lots • Lot 1 - Legal Services England and Wales • Lot 2 - Legal Services Scotland Specialist Lots • Lot 3 - Rail Regulatory • Lot 4 - Health, Safety and Environment (advice for major incidents) • Lot 5 - Parliamentary Agents
Scope
- Reference
- Project_42301
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2031Possible extension to 31 Mar 2033
There are two extension options each of 1 year.
- CPV classifications
- 79100000791100007911100079112000791121007913000079131000791320007913210079140000
- Contract locations
- North East England, United KingdomNorth West England, United KingdomEast Midlands, United KingdomWest Midlands, United KingdomEast of England, United KingdomSouth East England, United KingdomSouth West England, United KingdomYorkshire and the Humber, United KingdomLondon, United KingdomWales, United KingdomScotland, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Delivery | — | quality | 15.00% |
| Team Details | — | quality | 15.00% |
| Social Value | — | quality | 10.20% |
| Culture and Partnership Approach | — | quality | 10.80% |
| Innovation | — | quality | 9.00% |
| Pricing Schedule | — | price | 35.00% |
| Pricing Schedule - Property Fixed Fee | — | price | 5.00% |
| Service Delivery | — | price | 15.00% |
| Pricing Schedule - Property Fixed Fees | — | price | 5.00% |
| Team Details | — | price | 15.00% |
| Pricing Schedule | — | price | 40.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
Please see PSQ for financial and insurance conditions of participation.
There are a number of qualification questions as well as technical experience questions that will be scored to determine the suppliers to be selected to tender.
All invited to the ITT will need to have passed the pass/fail psq questions, not be on the debarement list and will be the 8 highest scoring participants.
All invited to the ITT will need to have passed the pass/fail psq questions, not be on the debarement list and will be the 5 highest scoring participants.
All invited to the ITT will need to have passed the pass/fail psq questions, not be on the debarement list and will be the 5 highest scoring participants.
All invited to the ITT will need to have passed the pass/fail psq questions, not be on the debarement list and will be the 5 highest scoring participants.
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
Award details· 5 awards
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£174.5m
Award date
05 Jan 2026
Contract start
31 Mar 2026
Contract end
31 Mar 2031
Lots · 5 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legal Services England & Wales | £174.5m | complete |
| 2 | Legal Services - Scotland | £15.0m | complete |
| 3 | Rail Regulatory | £9.0m | complete |
| 4 | Health, Safety and Environment Major Incidents | £800k | complete |
| 5 | Parliamentary Agents | £8.5m | complete |