Closed tender

Legal Advisers for Rail Matters

Details

Value
£6,500,000
Topic
Legal services
Published
14 August 2026
Submission
8 September 2026

Tender description

Merseytravel and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) wish to appoint a single law firm (or alternative business structure practice) to act as their principal external legal advisers in relation to rail matters. The appointed legal advisers will advise a variety of staff within LCRCA / Merseytravel including: Directors Place Directorate (Transport, Transport Infrastructure Programmes, Customer Delivery) Legal Team Finance Team Key focus areas include: Existing Operations Transition Arrangements Future Operations Future Operations Supporting Public Control Initial term: Three years. Optional Contract Extensions: 12 months, with the option to extend for a further 12 months.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published14 August 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date8 September 2026

About the buyer

Merseytravel delivers transport across the Liverpool City Region, and buys as a local government organisation on behalf of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, acting as its strategic transport adviser. Spend data covering all supplier payments is published every month in the interest of transparency.

Over the past 5 years, most of Merseytravel's contract awards have been in construction work, IT services and software and information systems.

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