Contract award notice
Provision of Legal Advisers for the Public Ownership Programme
DFT OPERATOR LIMITED named Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP as the supplier in an award dated 27 August 2026.
What the notice records
- Buyer
- DFT OPERATOR LIMITED
- Supplier
- Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLPCompany number OC304065 (Companies House)
- Awarded value
- £3,650,000 (the notice’s own figure, in GBP, published as a net amount)
- Award date
- 27 August 2026
- Notice published
- 27 August 2026
- Category (CPV)
- Legal services (79100000)
- Description
- Legal Adviser support to the Public Ownership Programme, providing advice and guidance on the due diligence and mobilisation activities undertaken by DFTO in transferring Train Operating Companies (TOCs) into public ownership.
- Source
- Find a Tender — official notice