Quick answer — Government Legal DepartmentLast refreshed 13 May 2026

At a glance

Government Legal Department has awarded £237.5m across 138 suppliers, with 69 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 33% · 2 open notices now · 7 awards in last 90 d (£1.5m) · SME share 25% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration33%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share25%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d7

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Government Legal Department is a contracting authority, based in UKI32. Tracks 271 published notices and 266 awards on PublicSupply.

271
Notices published
266
Awards
138
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£5.8m
12 m spend
£78.0m
Prior 12 m
-93%
YoY change
£100k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Government Legal Department — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£12m£24m£37m£49mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

2

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

7

£1.5m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified264 · £237.5m
services7 · £19.7m

Instrument type

contract264 · £255.5m
call off7 · £1.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 264Find a Tender: 7

Awarded contracts · 69 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Government Legal Department is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
eDisclosure and Review Services 2 Z2411813DWF Law LLP79100000£117k13 May 2026active
eDisclosure and Review ServicesLegastat Limited79100000£10k22 Dec 2025active
eDisclosure and Review ServicesLegastat Limited79100000£31k30 Dec 2025active
Expert Witness ServicesMPG QUANTITY SURVEYORS LIMITED79100000£48k31 Dec 2025active
eDisclosure Services and Review ServicesAnexsys Limited79100000£39k12 Nov 2025active
eDisclosure and Review Services Banner v MOD (Z2412668)Anexsys Limited79100000£17k02 Mar 2026active
Service for digital court data bundlingZylpha Ltd48000000£220k12 May 2026active
Expert - WitnessSigma Delta Psychiatry Expertise Ltd71319000£13k23 Apr 2026active
Managed SOC ServiceDigitalXRAID Ltd48730000£557k13 May 2026active
Ad Hoc Legal SupportTLT LLP79111000£50k31 Mar 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
AM
£79.2m
33% of total
2
XL
2 contracts · 14 Jul09 Sept
£28.0m
12% of total
▼ 100%
3
AL
2 contracts · SME · 01 Aug15 Sept
£22.2m
9% of total
▼ 100%
4
EL
2 contracts · 20 Apr03 Feb
£10.6m
4% of total
▼ 100%
5
AL
16 contracts · SME · 13 May02 Mar
£9.9m
4% of total
▼ 96%
6
PS
1 contract · SME · 10 Jun
£5.9m
2% of total
▼ 100%
7
TL
13 contracts · 23 Sept31 Mar
£5.3m
2% of total
▲ 44%
8
BU
1 contract · 12 Dec
£5.3m
2% of total
▼ 100%
9138
···
130 other suppliers
long tail · 32 SMEs
£51.1m
22% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
188 contracts
£174.9m
69%
IT services, software
24 contracts
£62.5m
25%
Software packages, IT
24 contracts
£8.3m
3%
Support transport services
6 contracts
£4.2m
2%
Office equipment, IT
11 contracts
£1.8m
1%
Architecture, engineering
4 contracts
£1.3m
0%
Laboratory, scientific
1 contract
£1.2m
0%
Agriculture, forestry services
1 contract
£800k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
IT services, software
Software packages, IT
0
0
0
0
1
Support transport services
0
Office equipment, IT
Architecture, engineering
0
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Government Legal Department has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

25%
SME supplier share
target 33%
68
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
138
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 25% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI32
Contact
Stephen Newton
Email
bids@governmentlegal.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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