Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Government Legal Department
Top-five suppliers hold 98% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Government Legal Department buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
794872306380227550647185Recent contracts
Latest Government Legal Department contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Secure File Sharing and Collaboration Platform
Softcat PLC · 2026-08-02
Colt Circuit provision
Colt Technology Services · 2026-07-27
eDisclosure and Review Services 2 Home Office Disclosure SC Z2608072
Anexsys Limited · 2026-07-02
eDisclosure Services
Epiq Systems Ltd · 2026-06-04
Workforce Solutions Contract
Alexander Mann Solutions Limited · 2026-05-28
AI Development Pilot
Serendipity Labs Limited · 2026-05-21
£30K
Managed SOC Service
DigitalXRAID Ltd · 2026-05-12
eDisclosure and Review Services 2 Z2411813
DWF Law LLP · 2026-05-12
Service for digital court data bundling
Zylpha Ltd · 2026-05-11
Expert - Witness
Sigma Delta Psychiatry Expertise Ltd · 2026-04-22
£13K
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Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Government Legal Department typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
Fixed Term Appointments
Expires: 2026-09-19
Industrial Relations Advice
Expires: 2026-10-13
Origin Packaging
Expires: 2026-10-31
CLG Recruitment Pilot
Expires: 2026-11-02
"Outsourcing litigation and legal process works for DWP MOJ, Home office and Rural Payments Authority (RPA)"
Expires: 2026-11-07
Outsourcing litigation and legal process works for DWP MOJ, Home office and Rural Payments Authority (RPA)
Expires: 2026-11-07
Recruitment of Permanent Lawyers
Expires: 2026-12-09
Cranston Inquiry (small boats)
Expires: 2026-12-31
Expert Witness Services
Expires: 2026-12-31
Legal services
Expires: 2027-02-05
£17K
Market analysis
Bidding into Government Legal Department — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
26%
Awards to SMEs
98%
Top-5 supplier share
87%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 26% of Government Legal Department’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 87%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 121 contracts totalling £17.3M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 86 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £959K.
Who are Government Legal Department's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Government Legal Department by total award value are Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited, Diligent Boardbooks Limited, Honeycomb Forensic Accounting Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 98% 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 2026-09-15
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
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- · Contracts Finder
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