BidSkim
SectorUpdated 26 Aug 2026

Legal services tenders

Live UK public sector opportunities in legal, collected daily from Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales.

4
open for bids now
750
awarded, 12 months
£1.9bn
recorded value, 12m
616
ending within 12 months
596
buyers, 5 years

The UK public sector published 3,307 recorded legal awards over the last five years, worth a recorded £7.8bn across 596 public buyers. 4 opportunities are open for bids today, and 45% of the last year's awards ran through a framework or DPS. 616 recorded contracts in this market end within the next 12 months.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, every figure is a floor. Updated 26 Aug 2026.

Open opportunities

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Frameworks & DPS in this market

establishment competitions, listed separately

Who wins this work

top suppliers by recorded wins · 5 years
1Burges Salmon181 wins
£192m
2Mills & Reeve166 wins
£91.2m
3TLT LLP158 wins
£139m
4DLA Piper148 wins
£122m
£71.4m
£76.4m
£97.4m
£22.7m
£30.1m
10Ashurst92 wins
£99.9m

Who buys it

top buyers by recorded awarded value · 5 years
£4.4bn
£149m
£133m
4BEIS57 awards
£108m
£76.0m
£68.0m
£55.3m
11NHS Resolution6 awards
£49.6m
12Home Office29 awards
£48.5m
£46.8m

Awards by year

recorded awards per year
2020202120222023202420252026*
Recorded awards*current year part-year

Recent awards

latest recorded awards, 12 months
Open Framework for Boat Recognised Organisations
FTSSubmarine Delivery AgencyAwarded 25 Aug 2026
£123k
Legal Advice and Support for Statutory Instruments and Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders
FTSNational Highways LimitedAwarded 21 Aug 2026
£100k
The Provision of Legal Services for Income and Debt
FTSLondon Borough of EnfieldAwarded 20 Aug 2026
£1.3m
Legal Services
FTSCuro Group (Albion) LtdAwarded 20 Aug 2026
£51k
MPLC licence
FTSCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTAwarded 20 Aug 2026
£16k
P4105005 Provision of Legal Advisers for HS2 Phase 2 Disposal Programme
CFDfTc - Department for TransportAwarded 18 Aug 2026
£3.2m
JFT PRS Enforcement Support
FTSCity of Doncaster CouncilAwarded 18 Aug 2026
£20k
Outsourced DPO Advisory Services
FTSCouncil of Reserve Forces' and Cadets' AssociationsAwarded 17 Aug 2026
£183k
Copyright Licensing Agency
FTSCardiff Metropolitan UniversityAwarded 17 Aug 2026
£91k
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Legal procurement, answered

computed from published notices

How many legal contracts are open right now?

4 legal opportunities are open for bids across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales as of 26 Aug 2026. New notices arrive daily; a free scan matches them against your business.

Who buys legal services in the UK public sector?

596 public buyers awarded recorded legal contracts in the last five years. The largest by recorded value are The Legal Aid Agency, Department for Transport, Post Office Limited.

Which legal frameworks and DPS are open in the UK?

1 framework and DPS routes are currently advertised for legal work, including Legal Services. BidSkim badges framework and DPS routes in your matched feed and flags the ones you can still join.

How many legal contracts are coming up for renewal?

616 recorded contracts in this market carry an end date within the next 12 months, worth a combined £738m where a value was published. Renewal timing signals, incumbents and predicted return windows are part of BidSkim Predict.

Market snapshot

26 Aug 2026
Recorded awards, 5 years
3,307
Recorded value, 5 years
£7.8bn
Buyers active, 5 years
596
Ending within 12 months
616
Via framework or DPS, 12m
45%

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About this data. Built from published notices on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, classified by CPV code and entity-resolved by BidSkim. Framework and DPS establishment notices are listed separately, excluded from open-opportunity counts, and value totals exclude framework ceilings and implausible outliers. Last updated 26 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Legal services tenders: 4 open now, 616 ending within 12 months · BidSkim