NETWORK RAIL RE-TENDERS FOR EXTERNAL LEGAL PANEL

Tuesday 25 Oct 2005

NETWORK RAIL RE-TENDERS FOR EXTERNAL LEGAL PANEL

Region & Route:: National

Network Rail’s legal services function is re-tendering for its external legal panel. The tendering process will be conducted with a closed list. All existing panel members will be invited to submit a tender, together with other selected firms. The external legal panel provides Network Rail with additional capacity and expertise in litigation, property and commercial law. Company Secretary, Hazel Walker, said: “Over the past three years we have restructured Network Rail’s legal services function, and now is a good time to reassess our external support needs. “We are also interested in achieving cost efficiencies as we strive to meet the stringent targets for this, which were set by the Rail Regulator. We will be interested in any innovative ideas the tendering firms put forward that will assist us with this.”

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