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.
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.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
3
Open (bidding)
2
Awarded (90d)
7
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 69 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Government Legal Department is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eDisclosure and Review Services 2 Z2411813 | DWF Law LLP | 79100000 | £117k | 13 May 2026 | active |
| eDisclosure and Review Services | Legastat Limited | 79100000 | £10k | 22 Dec 2025 | active |
| eDisclosure and Review Services | Legastat Limited | 79100000 | £31k | 30 Dec 2025 | active |
| Expert Witness Services | MPG QUANTITY SURVEYORS LIMITED | 79100000 | £48k | 31 Dec 2025 | active |
| eDisclosure Services and Review Services | Anexsys Limited | 79100000 | £39k | 12 Nov 2025 | active |
| eDisclosure and Review Services Banner v MOD (Z2412668) | Anexsys Limited | 79100000 | £17k | 02 Mar 2026 | active |
| Service for digital court data bundling | Zylpha Ltd | 48000000 | £220k | 12 May 2026 | active |
| Expert - Witness | Sigma Delta Psychiatry Expertise Ltd | 71319000 | £13k | 23 Apr 2026 | active |
| Managed SOC Service | DigitalXRAID Ltd | 48730000 | £557k | 13 May 2026 | active |
| Ad Hoc Legal Support | TLT LLP | 79111000 | £50k | 31 Mar 2026 | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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.
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.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
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
- bids@governmentlegal.gov.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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