Trade
Legal services tenders
10 open tenders for legal work in the UK from councils, the NHS, schools, housing providers and central government, soonest deadline first.
Open tenders
- £200kestimated
- £800kframework ceiling
- £69kestimated
- £400kestimated
- £10.8mestimated
- £500kframework ceiling
- £27.9mestimated
- £12bnframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Tenders advertised
- 122
- Typical contract value
- £468k
- All trades: £95k
- Typical contract length
- 1 year
- All trades: 1 year
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- All trades: 30 days
- Bids per contract
- 6
- All trades: 5
- Advertised openly
- 28%
- All trades: 36%
- Won by small firms
- 34%
- All trades: 61%
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Legal Services Magenta Living | Weightmans LLP | £12k | 14 Nov 2026 |
| MPLC licence Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Motion Picture Licensing Company | £16k | 19 Nov 2026 |
| Legal Framework Call-off Contract Fair4all Finance Limited | TLT LLP | — | 20 Nov 2026 |
| Recruitment of Locum Solicitor The Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire | Venn Group Limited | £69k | 25 Nov 2026 |
| Camden Sites – Regal – Project code DS0401 - legal advice Clarion Housing Group | Mills & Reeve LLP | £75k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Legal Advice - Edinburgh House Extra Care Portsmouth City Council | Lester Aldridge LLP | — | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Copyright Licensing Bank of England | Prenax Corporate Service Ltd / Prenax Limited | £61k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Practical Law Subscription University of Exeter | Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited | — | 30 Nov 2026 |
65 more end in the next 90 days.
Recent legal contract awards
More legal awards| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spot Purchase for Legal Services The Christie NHS Foundation Trust | Bevan Brittan LLP | £350k | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Spot Purchase for Legal Services The Christie NHS Foundation Trust | Hempsons LLP | £436k | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Ebury Phase 2 – Private Sales Legal Support Westminster City Council | Bevan Brittan LLP | — | 9 Nov 2026 |
| Provision of Legal Services GLF Schools | Browne Jacobson LLP | £188k | 6 Nov 2026 |
| Contract for s2 Agreement and lease arrangements support Staffordshire County Council | Capsticks Solicitors LLP | £33k | 6 Nov 2026 |
| Contract for Legal services for housing management Redditch Borough Council | Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP | £122k | 6 Nov 2026 |
| Spot Purchase for Legal Services The Christie NHS Foundation Trust | Hill Dickinson LLP | £436k | 4 Nov 2026 |
| PS26338 - Legal Advice Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service | Dac Beachcroft LLP | — | 3 Nov 2026 |
Suppliers winning the most legal contracts in the UK
Contracts awarded in the last 12 months. Companies only: sole traders are not listed.
| # | Supplier | Contracts | Buyers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burges Salmon LLP | 27 | 23 |
| 2 | Bevan Brittan LLP | 25 | 24 |
| 3 | Addleshaw Goddard LLP | 20 | 16 |
| 4 | Mills & Reeve LLP | 18 | 15 |
| 5 | Browne Jacobson LLP | 17 | 17 |
| 6 | TLT LLP | 17 | 15 |
| 7 | Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLPSME | 17 | 14 |
| 8 | Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | 16 | 13 |
| 9 | Dla Piper UK LLP | 16 | 11 |
| 10 | Weightmans LLP | 14 | 14 |
Biggest legal buyers in the last 12 months
All buyers- 1UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)20 notices
- 2Portsmouth City Council11 notices
- 3Bip Solutions Limited10 notices
- 4Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust9 notices
- 5Ministry of Defence9 notices
- 6West Midlands Combined Authority9 notices
- 7National Highways8 notices
- 8Derby City Council7 notices