Contracts Finder notice
Provision of Solicitors for UK Covid-19 Inquiry
Authority: GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL AGENCY
CPV: Legal services (79100000)
Published contract value£37,635,940Exc. VAT
Contract ends 30 Sept 2027
Awarded to Burges Salmon LLP
Contract starts 18 Dec 2023
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe UK Covid-19 Inquiry requires a Solicitor to the Inquiry and supporting legal team to provide continuous legal advice to the Inquiry Chair on the operation of the Inquiry.
As referenced in the Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (published 14/05/26 with a 10-day standstill period), the contract was extended via a time-only extension within the existing total contract value. The extension ensures the delivery of significantly reduced deliverables as the Inquiry approaches closedown.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Buyer reference
- CCLL23A10
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- No
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision29 Sept 2023
- Contract starts18 Dec 2023
- Notice published5 Jan 2024
- Contract ends30 Sept 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL AGENCYContracting authority
- Identifier
- supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/6sQD8uds · GB-SRS
- URL
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/crown-commercial-service
Suppliers named on the notice
- Burges Salmon LLPSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-911ad9ea-3527-4cca-b995-f82d1d39d1e3-2026-08-26T07:50:58+01:00
- Published
- 5 Jan 2024
- Latest update
- 26 Aug 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-911ad9ea-3527-4cca-b995-f82d1d39d1e3
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-911ad9ea-3527-4cca-b995-f82d1d39d1e3-1