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Government Legal Department

Government Legal Department is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£330.5M

Total spend

123

Contract awards

87

Unique suppliers

£2.7M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Government Legal Department has awarded 123 contracts worth £330.5M to 87 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £2.7M, with the top five suppliers holding 83% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Government Legal Department

Top-five suppliers hold 83% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Alexander Mann Solutions Limited1£198.0M
Apprilis Limited2£29.0M
XMA Limited1£22.0M
Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited1£16.8M
Thomson Reuters Professional UK Limited1£8.6M
Experis Ltd1£8.0M
RELX (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexis1£8.0M
Phoenix Software Limited1£5.9M
TLT LLP7£5.5M
BPP University LTD1£5.3M
DWF Law LLP7£4.3M
EXPERIS LIMITED1£2.6M
Anexsys Limited10£1.8M
Advanced Business Software and Solutions Limited1£1.4M
Keoghs LLP1£1.3M
Insight Direct (UK) Ltd1£1.2M
Xcession Limited1£600K
VIRGIN MEDIA BUSINESS LIMITED1£590K
DigitalXRAID Ltd1£557K
Altlaw EDiscovery Limited4£490K

Procurement categories

What Government Legal Department buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
86 awards£265.0M

Software package and information systems

48
14 awards£5.2M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
12 awards£58.6M

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
3 awards£328K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
3 awards£710K

Postal and telecommunications services

64
1 award£280K

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
1 award£13K

Administration, defence and social security services

75
1 award£39K

Education and training services

80
1 award£133K

Health and social work services

85
1 award£314K

Recent contracts

Latest Government Legal Department contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

eDisclosure and Review Services 2

Anexsys Limited · 2026-09-28

£139K

Subscription Service

Babel Legal LLC · 2026-08-27

£22K

eDisclosure Services

Legastat Ltd · 2026-08-20

£322K

Secure File Sharing and Collaboration Platform

Softcat PLC · 2026-08-02

£218K

Colt Circuit provision

Colt Technology Services · 2026-07-27

£280K

General Legal Advice Services for Property Partnering - GLD CLG Central Property

TLT LLP · 2026-07-16

£2.0M

eDisclosure Services

Anexsys Limited · 2026-07-02

£18K

eDisclosure Services

Epiq Systems Ltd · 2026-06-04

£165K

Workforce Solutions Contract

Alexander Mann Solutions Limited · 2026-05-28

£198.0M

AI Development Pilot

Serendipity Labs Limited · 2026-05-21

£30K

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35

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Market analysis

Bidding into Government Legal Department — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

25%

Awards to SMEs

83%

Top-5 supplier share

86%

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 25% of Government Legal Department’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 86%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Government Legal Department

How much does Government Legal Department spend on procurement?

Government Legal Department awarded 123 contracts totalling £330.5M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 87 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £2.7M.

Who are Government Legal Department's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Government Legal Department by total award value are Alexander Mann Solutions Limited, Apprilis Limited, XMA Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 83% of contract value.

What does Government Legal Department buy from suppliers?

Government Legal Department's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, software package and information systems, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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