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Official procurement procedure
Provision of Defence Personal Injury Legal Services
No classification published
Location not published
Published value
£2,200,000
Submission deadline 27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Education Authority: "Provision of Defence Personal Injury Legal Services". Published status: complete. Published value: £2,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | The Education Authority | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Closed 27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £2,200,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: The Education Authority
Market Analytics
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Published history for The Education Authority. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
5.5Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Coverage: 62 active published awards; 4 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe Education Authority | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published30 Jun 2026, 12:02 BST | Last source update30 Jun 2026, 12:02 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationNot published | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a79c | ||
What is being bought
The Education Authority seek to establish a Contract with up to 4 firms of
solicitors for the Provision of Defence Personal Injury Legal Services (i.e. defence of actual or anticipated High Court or County Court personal injury proceedings served upon the Education Authority, Libraries NI, a Board of Governors of a controlled school or a Board of Governors of an Irish Medium School or the Trustees / Board of Governors of a Catholic Maintained School - and if necessary the undertaking of a separate initial claims investigation function- as well as the defence or prosecution of an appeal from any court decision given in any such proceedings and/or the bringing of third party proceedings or associated contribution proceedings); the conduct of all such proceedings or investigative
function to be carried out in accordance with the Contractual Arrangements. This contract will be used on an as-and-when-required basis. EA does not make any commitment regarding the frequency or value of work to be allocated. Contractors shall understand that the workload is indeterminate. Accordingly, no form of exclusivity is conferred, nor is any volume guarantee granted by EA in relation to the provision of work to the Contractors. Although the majority of work will be allocated on a rotational basis, EA reserves the right at its absolute discretion to allocate all or any work under this contract to the Education Authority Solicitors or another legal services provider instead of
allocating the work to either of the Contractors.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
30 Jun 2026, 12:02 BST - tender value changed
18 Jun 2026, 16:18 BST - Status changed to complete
18 Jun 2026, 16:18 BST - Official notice release published
18 Jun 2026, 16:18 BST - Submission deadline changed to published date
18 Jun 2026, 16:18 BST - Published value updated to £2,200,000
24 Feb 2026, 16:23 GMT - Status changed to active
24 Feb 2026, 16:23 GMT - Official notice release published
24 Feb 2026, 16:23 GMT - Submission deadline changed to 27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT
24 Feb 2026, 16:23 GMT - Status changed to planning
3 Oct 2025, 10:40 BST - Official notice release published
3 Oct 2025, 10:40 BST - Buyer information updated
3 Oct 2025, 10:40 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcompletePublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
30 Jun 2026, 12:02 BST - Submission deadline
27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £2,200,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards DAC BEACHCROFT (N.IRELAND) LLP, KEOGHS NORTHERN IRELAND LLP, NAPIER & SONS SOLICITORS LTD, Tughans LLP Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts BSP 25 013 Provision of Defence and Personal Injury Services £2,200,000 · signed 30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · active Contract period: 1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST — 30 Jun 2030, 23:59 BST |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
The Education Authority
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PPHJ-6982-JPXYDocuments (1)
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