Sector · UK public sector
Tenders in Legal services
Live UK public-sector tender data, scoped to Legal services. 338 awards we have tracked, with the suppliers winning and how the spend distributes.
338
awards tracked
£584.3m
total contract value
£1.7m
average award size
16.3%
awarded to SMEs
Recent awards
Latest tenders awarded by Legal services
NHS Pensions McCloud Programme Management Support
Awarded to Lumera Limited on 26 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
£1.4m
P4104120 Provision of Legal Advisers for Railway Pensions
Awarded to Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP on 23 Apr 2026 · DfTc - Department for Transport
£400k
CA16957 - CA9834:Legal Services
Awarded to Forbes Solicitors on 22 Apr 2026 · South Hampshire College Group
£500k
Provision of Legal Services
Awarded to Hill Dickinson LLP on 20 Apr 2026 · NHS PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
£2m
CA17389 - Consultancy Services - eDiscovery Services
Awarded to ANKURA CONSULTING (EUROPE) LIMITED on 20 Apr 2026 · Whittington Health
£110k
External Legal Services
Awarded to Veale Wesbrough Vizards LLP on 16 Apr 2026 · West Midlands Fire Service
£250k
Legal Services Panel
Awarded to Freeths LLP on 16 Apr 2026 · NHS PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
£835k
Legal Services for Crown Dependencies & Overseas Territories
Awarded to Fieldfisher LLP on 13 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
£750k
HPFT - General Legal Services
Awarded to BEVAN BRITTAN LLP on 13 Apr 2026 · West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
£1.4m
Voluntary Redundancy Legal Advice Allowance - Ashfords LLP
Awarded to Ashfords LLP on 12 Apr 2026 · NHS England
£534k
PS25328-Advice on jurisdictional boundaries
Awarded to Eversheds Sutherland International LLP on 8 Apr 2026 · UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
£50k
Appointment of external Solicitors for a Compulsory Purchase Order - AWARD
Awarded to Gateley Plc on 1 Apr 2026 · North East Derbyshire District Council - e-Tendering System
£28k
Sector pulse
Who procures in Legal services, and where the value sits
Legal services accounts for 338 tracked awards worth £584.3m in the period we monitor. The average award here is £1.7m. Legal services is procured mainly by NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED, British Business Investments Ltd and DfTc - Department for Transport. The biggest spender is NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED, with 13 awards totalling £7.9m. Geographically the work is spread across Any region, North East,North West,Yorkshire and The Humber,East Midlands,West Midlands,East of England,London,South East,South West,Scotland,Wales,Northern Ireland, Yorkshire and The Humber. Only 16.3% of awards go to SMBs, so this category is dominated by larger suppliers. Volume is softening versus the prior month.
Who is buying in Legal services
Biggest single award
£180m
2025 Standard Crime Contract Outcome
Won by Multiple Suppliers on 30 Sept 2025
Busiest month
Feb 26
43 awards published, totalling £17.5m.
Last 30 days vs the prior 30: softening.
Where the awards land
- Any region22%
- North East,North West,Yorkshire and The Humber,East Midlands,West Midlands,East of England,London,South East,South West,Scotland,Wales,Northern Ireland20%
- Yorkshire and The Humber19%
- North East,North West,Yorkshire and The Humber,East Midlands,West Midlands,East of England,London,South East,South West15%
- West Midlands8%
Top suppliers
Who is winning the work
Ashurst LLP
16 awards · £9.9m total
Ashurst
13 awards · £615k total
Addleshaw Goddard LLP
11 awards · £5.8m total
Burges Salmon LLP
10 awards · £3m total
Simmons & Simmons Llp
10 awards · £353k total
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
9 awards · £13.4m total
DWF Law LLP
9 awards · £6.3m total
TLT LLP
9 awards · £3.1m total
Related buyers
The buyers driving demand in Legal services.
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