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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Ofgem

2025-100 Legal Advice for DCC Handover

Business ServicesCPV 79111000 79140000
Value£150k
Awarded1 Jan 2025
Published4 Dec 2025
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£150ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Business Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Data Communication Company or Smart DCC Ltd ("DCC1") is the current holder of the Smart Meter Communication Licence ("SMC Licence").

DCC1 is the central communications body licensed to provide the communications, data transfer and management required to support smart metering in the United Kingdom.

It is responsible for linking smart meters in homes and small business with the systems of energy suppliers, network operators and other companies.

Ofgem therefore requires support from a law firm, to provide commercial law advisory support to assist in structuring the arrangements that underpin the handover of the SMC Licence to DCC2 (the "Handover Workstream").

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

DCC1 is the central communications body licensed

DCC1 is the central communications body licensed to provide the communications, data transfer and management required to support smart metering in the United Kingdom.

02

It is responsible for linking smart meters

It is responsible for linking smart meters in homes and small business with the systems of energy suppliers, network operators and other companies.

03

Ofgem therefore requires support from a law

Ofgem therefore requires support from a law firm, to provide commercial law advisory support to assist in structuring the arrangements that underpin the handover of the SMC Licence to DCC2 (the "Handover Workstream").

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Source & provenance
OCID
07357038-9dba-494d-9bc6-ee528cb421d6
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
MT236121
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